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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…
Consider the semiclassical limit, as the Planck constant $\hbar\ri 0$, 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,…
We study the asymptotic distribution of the eigenvalues of a one-dimensional two-by-two semiclassical system of coupled Schr\"odinger operators in the presence of two potential wells and with an energy-level crossing. We provide…
We review an "exact semiclassical" resolution method for the general stationary 1D Schr\"odinger equation with a polynomial potential. This method avoids having to compute any Stokes phenomena directly; instead, it basically relies on an…
In a recent paper by Gomes and Adhikari (J.Phys B30 5987(1997)) a matrix formulation of the Bohr-Sommerfield quantization rule has been applied to the study of bound states in one dimension quantum wells. Here we study these potentials in…
Bohr-Sommerfeld type quantization conditions of semiclassical eigenvalues for the non-selfadjoint Zakharov-Shabat operator on the circle are derived using an exact WKB method. The conditions are given in terms of the action associated with…
Consider the semiclassical limit, as the Planck constant $\hbar\ri 0$, of bound states of a quantum particle in a one-dimensional potential well. We justify the semiclassical asymptotics of eigenfunctions and recover the Bohr-Sommerfeld…
Asymptotic eigenvalues and eigenfunctions for the Orr-Sommerfeld equation in two and three dimensional incompressible flows on an infinite domain and on a semi-infinite domain are obtained. Two configurations are considered, one in which a…
In this work, we prove Bohr-Sommerfeld quantization rules for the self-adjoint Zakharov-Shabat system and the Schr\"odinger equation in the presence of two simple turning points bounding a classically allowed region. In particular, we use…
In this thesis, we study a quantization condition in relation to the solvability of Schr\"{o}dinger equations. This quantization condition is called the SWKB (supersymmetric Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin) quantization condition and has been…
In this thesis, we construct an approximate series solution of the Wigner equation in terms of Airy functions, which are semiclassically concentrated on certain Lagrangian curves in two-dimensional phase space. These curves are defined by…
We propose an analytical approach for computing the eigenspectrum and corresponding eigenstates of a hyperbolic double well potential of arbitrary height or width, which goes beyond the usual techniques applied to quasi-exactly solvable…
We analyze quantitatively the accuracy of eigenfunction and eigenvalue calculations in the frame work of WKB and instanton semiclassical methods. We show that to estimate the accuracy it is enough to compare two linearly independent (with…
We obtain eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of the Schr\"{o}dinger equation with a hyperbolic double-well potential. We consider exact polynomial solutions for some particular values of the potential-strength parameter and also numerical…
The stationary 1D Schr\"odinger equation with a polynomial potential $V(q)$ of degree N is reduced to a system of exact quantization conditions of Bohr-Sommerfeld form. They arise from bilinear (Wronskian) functional relations pairing…
We use the Bohr-Sommerfeld quantization approach in the context of constituent quark models. This method provides, for the Cornell potential, analytical formulae for the energy spectra which closely approximate numerical exact calculations…
An infinite sequence of potential well functions is considered. A numerical method is used for the Schr$\ddot{\text{o}}$dinger equation to obtain the energy eigenvalue spectra for a number of these potential well functions. The results for…
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…
We consider three different approaches to analyze the quantum mechanical problems in multi-well potentials: i) the standard matrix diagonalization technique in the basis sets of harmonic oscillator eigenfunctions or plain waves; ii) the…
We revisit the well known Bohr-Sommerfeld quantization rule (BS) of order 2 for a self-adjoint 1-D h-Pseudo-differential operator within the algebraic and microlocal framework of Helffer and Sjoestrand; BS holds precisely when Gram matrix…