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A new approximation method for time-dependent problems in quantum mechanics

Quantum Physics 2009-11-11 v1

Abstract

We propose an approximate solution of the time-dependent Schr\"odinger equation using the method of stationary states combined with a variational matrix method for finding the energies and eigenstates. We illustrate the effectiveness of the method by applying it to the time development of the wave-function in the quantum-mechanical version of the inflationary slow-roll transition.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0504028,
  title  = {A new approximation method for time-dependent problems in quantum mechanics},
  author = {Paolo Amore and Alfredo Aranda and Francisco M. Fernandez and Hugh Jones},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0504028},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

9 pages, 3 figures, accepted on Physics Letters A