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Passage through a potential barrier and multiple wells

Spectral Theory 2016-11-15 v1 Mathematical Physics Classical Analysis and ODEs Functional Analysis math.MP

Abstract

Consider the semiclassical limit, as the Planck constant \ri0\hbar\ri 0, of bound states of a one-dimensional quantum particle in multiple potential wells separated by barriers. We show that, for each eigenvalue of the Schr\"odinger operator, the Bohr-Sommerfeld quantization condition is satisfied at least for one potential well. The proof of this result relies on a study of real wave functions in a neighborhood of a potential barrier. We show that, at least from one side, the barrier fixes the phase of wave functions in the same way as a potential barrier of infinite width. On the other hand, it turns out that for each well there exists an eigenvalue in a small neighborhood of every point satisfying the Bohr-Sommerfeld condition.

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@article{arxiv.1611.04107,
  title  = {Passage through a potential barrier and multiple wells},
  author = {D. R. Yafaev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1611.04107},
  year   = {2016}
}
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