Published July 24, 1978
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Journal article
Coherent states for general potentials
Creators
- 1. Theoretical Division, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, University of California, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
Description
We define coherent states for general potentials, requiring that they have the physically interesting properties of the harmonic-oscillator coherent states. We exhibit these states for several solvable examples and show that they obey a quantum approximation to the classical motion
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Phys. Rev. Lett.
- Journal Volume
- 41
- Journal Issue
- 4
- Series
- Phys. Rev. Lett.
- Journal Page Range
- 207-210
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 10421807
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CLASSICAL MECHANICS; COULOMB FIELD; EIGENSTATES; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; HARMONIC OSCILLATORS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; QUANTUM OPERATORS; SQUARE-WELL POTENTIAL; UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE
- Descriptors DEC
- DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ENERGY; EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MECHANICS; NUCLEAR POTENTIAL