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Phase-amplitude formalism for ultra-narrow shape resonances

Atomic Physics 2019-03-27 v1

Abstract

We apply Milne's phase-amplitude representation [W. E. Milne, Phys. Rev. 35, 863 (1930)] to a scattering problem involving disjoint classically allowed regions separated by a barrier. Specifically, we develop a formalism employing different sets of amplitude and phase functions --- each set of solutions optimized for a separate region --- and we use these locally adapted solutions to obtain the true value of the scattering phase shift and accurate tunneling rates for ultra-narrow shape resonances. We show results for an illustrative example of an attractive potential with a large centrifugal barrier.

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@article{arxiv.1902.05104,
  title  = {Phase-amplitude formalism for ultra-narrow shape resonances},
  author = {I. Simbotin and D. Shu and R. Côté},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1902.05104},
  year   = {2019}
}

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