Published October 1986 | Version v1
Journal article

Higher orders of perturbation theory, classical mechanics and the 1/n expansion

  • 1. Gosudarstvennyj Komitet po Ispol'zovaniyu Atomnoj Ehnergii SSSR, Moscow. Inst. Teoreticheskoj i Ehksperimental'noj Fiziki

Description

As is known, in quantum mechanics and field theory higher orders of perturbation theory (PT) are increasing with the PT order k as a factorial of k. The results of calculations of PT higher orders and summation methods of diverging PT series for a wide class of quantum-mechanical problems (including Yukawa and Hulthen potentials, the V-funnel potential etc.) are discussed. It is shown that along this line one can obtain a highly accurate value of the level energy (for stationary, virtual and quasi-stationary levels), basing upon the PT coefficients. The energy asymptotics for highly excited states is obtained by transition to classical mechanics, and quantum corrections to the energy are evaluated. The calculations confirm the results obtained by summation of the PT series

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Original title (Russian)
Высшие порядки теории возмушжений, классическая механика и 1/н-разложение

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Yad. Fiz.
Journal Volume
44
Journal Issue
4
Series
Yad. Fiz.
Journal Page Range
1103-1113
ISSN
0044-0027
CODEN
IDFZA

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Notes
For English translation see the journal Soviet Journal of Nuclear Physics (USA).