Published July 4, 2003 | Version v1
Journal article

Semiclassical position entropy for hydrogen-like atoms

  • 1. Department of Physics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401 (United States)

Description

The classical and semiclassical position entropies for the three-dimensional Coulomb problem are obtained explicitly for all values of angular momentum, without recourse to asymptotic expansions. The analytic results relate the classical period of the motion, total energy, position entropy and dependence upon the principal quantum number n. It is demonstrated that the position entropy varies with energy E as ln|E|-1

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0305-4470/36/7441/a32614.pdf or at the Web site for the Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and General (ISSN 1361-6447) http://www.iop.org/

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and General
Journal Volume
36
Journal Issue
26
Journal Page Range
p. 7441-7448
ISSN
0305-4470
CODEN
JPHAC5

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
35000529
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ENTROPY; POSITION OPERATORS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; QUANTUM NUMBERS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
Descriptors DEC
MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MECHANICS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; QUANTUM OPERATORS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES