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This simple text considers an application of Bohr-Sommerfeld quantization rule. It might be of interest for the students of physics.

Physics Education · Physics 2007-05-23 Michal Demetrian

We give a survey of some results, mainly obtained by the authors and their collaborators, on spectral properties of the magnetic Schr\"odinger operators in the semiclassical limit. We focus our discussion on asymptotic behavior of the…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2008-12-31 Bernard Helffer , Yuri A. Kordyukov

In this paper, a 1-parameter family of Newton's equivalent Hamiltonians (NEH) for finite square well potential is analyzed in order to obtain bound state energy spectrum and wavefunctions. For a generic potential, each of the NEH is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-10-12 Amornthep Tita , Pichet Vanichchapongjaroen

We present a complete, self-contained formulation of the Bohr--Sommerfeld quantization rule for a semiclassical self-adjoint $2 \times 2$ system on the real line, arising from a simple closed curve in phase space. We focus on the case where…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-04-29 Simon Becker , Setsuro Fujiié , Jens Wittsten

We utilize the amenability of the Fermi-type potential profile in Schr{\"o}dinger equation to construct a symmetric one dimensional well as $V(x){=}{-}U_n/[1+\exp[(|x|{-}a)/b]], ~ U_n{=}V_n[1+\exp[-a/b]]$. We define $\alpha=a/b, ~\beta_n…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-07-03 Zafar Ahmed , Sachin Kumar , Tarit Goswami , Sarthak Hajirnis

We consider the nonlinear Schr{\"o}dinger equation with a short-range external potential, in a semi-classical scaling. We show that for fixed Planck constant, a com-plete scattering theory is available, showing that both the potential and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-12-16 Rémi Carles

In the semiclassical limit h to 0, we analyze a class of self-adjoint Schr\"odinger operators H_h = h^2 L + h W + V id_E acting on sections of a vector bundle E over an oriented Riemannian manifold M where L is a Laplace type operator, W is…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-05-29 Markus Klein , Elke Rosenberger

A simple example of especially constructed potential barrier enables to show analytically (not numerically) the existence of tunneling effect for a Sommerfeld particle.

Classical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Alexander A. Vlasov

We consider a particle bound to a two-dimensional plane and a double well potential, subject to a perpendicular uniform magnetic field . The energy difference between the lowest two eigenvalues--the eigenvalue splitting--is related to the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-01-25 Charles L. Fefferman , Jacob Shapiro , Michael I. Weinstein

We consider the stationary one dimensional Schr\"odinger-Poisson system on a bounded interval with a background potential describing a quantum well. Using a partition function which forces the particles to remain in the quantum well, the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-06-01 Ali Faraj

A semiclassical method for the calculation of tunneling exponent in systems with many degrees of freedom is developed. We find that corresponding classical solution as function of energy form several branches joint by bifurcation points. A…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 F. Bezrukov , D. Levkov

We analyze the low-lying states for a one-dimensional potential consisting of $N$ identical wells, assuming that the wells are parabolic around the minima. Matching the exact wave functions around the minima and the WKB wave functions in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-08-18 Dae-Yup Song

In this report we present preliminary results about the tunneling problem for a magnetic Schr\"odinger operator. As a motivation we consider the 3-D time-dependent Schr\"odinger operator $H(t)=-h^2\Delta+V+E(t)\cdot x$ where $V$ is a radial…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-10-25 Abdelwaheb Ifa , Hanen Louati , Michel Rouleux

An asymmetric double-well potential is considered, assuming that the wells are parabolic around the minima. The WKB wave function of a given energy is constructed inside the barrier between the wells. By matching the WKB function to the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-08-04 Dae-Yup Song

The particle in a well in dimension one is a classical problem in quantum mechanics. We study higher-dimensional analogues of the problem, where the well is a smooth domain in $\mathbb{R}^d$. We show that simple eigenvalues and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-08-20 Peter Hintz , Aaron Moser

An infinite sequence of potential well functions is considered. A trial wavefunction is used with the Schr$\ddot{\text{o}}$dinger equation to obtain an approximate ground state energy for each potential well function. We obtain an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-03-07 Rodney O. Weber

We give a lower bound for the energy of a quantum particle in the infinite square well. We show that the bound is exact and identify the well-known element that fulfils the equality. Our approach is not directly dependent on the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2011-03-17 M. Ogren , M. Carlsson

Others have solved the Schr\"odinger equation for a one-dimensional model having a square potential barrier in free-space by requiring an incident and a reflected wave in the semi-infinite pre-barrier region, two opposing waves in the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-05-03 Mark J. Hagmann

The path integral formulation can reproduce the right energy spectrum of the harmonic oscillator potential, but it cannot resolve the Coulomb potential problem. This is because the path integral cannot properly take into account the…

General Physics · Physics 2018-09-13 Mikoto Matsuda , Takehisa Fujita

This article is devoted to the spectral analysis of the electro-magnetic Schr\"odinger operator on the Euclidean plane. In the semiclassical limit, we derive a pseudo-differential effective operator that allows us to describe the spectrum…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2022-01-26 Léo Morin , Nicolas Raymond , San Vu Ngoc