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Semiclassical Dynamics with Exponentially Small Error Estimates

Mathematical Physics 2009-10-31 v1 math.MP

Abstract

We construct approximate solutions to the time--dependent Schr\"odinger equation i(ψ)/(t)=(2)/2Δψ+Vψi \hbar (\partial \psi)/(\partial t) = - (\hbar^2)/2 \Delta \psi + V \psi for small values of \hbar. If VV satisfies appropriate analyticity and growth hypotheses and tT|t|\le T, these solutions agree with exact solutions up to errors whose norms are bounded by Cexpγ/C \exp{-\gamma/\hbar}, for some CC and γ>0\gamma>0. Under more restrictive hypotheses, we prove that for sufficiently small T,tTlog()T', |t|\le T' |\log(\hbar)| implies the norms of the errors are bounded by Cexpγ/σC' \exp{-\gamma'/\hbar^{\sigma}}, for some C,γ>0C', \gamma'>0, and σ>0\sigma>0.

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@article{arxiv.math-ph/9812025,
  title  = {Semiclassical Dynamics with Exponentially Small Error Estimates},
  author = {George A. Hagedorn and Alain Joye},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/9812025},
  year   = {2009}
}