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The Schrodinger and Heisenberg evolution operators are represented in quantum phase space by their Weyl symbols. Their semiclassical approximations are constructed in the short and long time regimes. For both evolution problems, the WKB…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 T. A. Osborn , M. F. Kondratieva

We study the resonant set of a two-level Schr\"odinger operator with a linear conical intersection. This model operator can be decomposed into a direct sum of first order systems on the real half-line. For these ordinary differential…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 S. Fujiie , C. Lasser , L. Nedelec

A class of Schr\"odinger-type second-order linear differential equations with a large parameter $u$ is considered. Analytic solutions of this type of equations can be described via (divergent) formal series in descending powers of $u$.…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2021-03-02 Gergő Nemes

We consider the Schr\"odinger-Poisson system in the two-dimensional whole space. A new formula of solutions to the Poisson equation is used. Although the potential term solving the Poisson equation may grow at the spatial infinity, we show…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-12-09 Satoshi Masaki

In this paper we prove local well-posedness for Quasi-linear Scrh\"odinger equations with initial data in unweighted Sobolev Spaces. For small initial data with minimal smoothness this has addressed by J. Marzuola, J. Metcalfe and D.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-10-02 Nicholas P. Michalowski

This paper introduces a novel deep learning method, called DeepWKB, for estimating the invariant distribution of randomly perturbed systems via its Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin (WKB) approximation $u_\epsilon(x) = Q(\epsilon)^{-1}…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-08-14 Yao Li , Yicheng Liu , Shirou Wang

The Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin semiclassical method is formulated for quasiparticles with quartic-in-momentum dispersion which presents the simplest case of a soft energy-momentum dispersion. It is shown that matching wave functions in the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-03-06 E. V. Gorbar , V. P. Gusynin

In this work, we implement the semi-analytical WKB method to explore the behaviour of a scalar field on a traversable wormhole space--time with a Casimir--like complexity reported in Eur. Phys. J. C 82, 420 (2022). We estimate the error in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-02-21 Roberto Avalos , Ernesto Contreras

We consider a semi-classically scaled Schr\"odinger equation with WKB initial data. We prove that in the classical limit the corresponding Bohmian trajectories converge (locally in measure) to the classical trajectories before the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-02-16 A. Figalli , C. Klein , P. Markowich , C. Sparber

This paper is devoted to the analysis of propagation properties for the solutions of a one-dimensional non-local Schr\"odinger equation involving the fractional Laplace operator $(-d_x^2)^s$, $s\in(0,1)$. We adopt a classical WKB approach…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-09-24 Umberto Biccari , Alejandro B. Aceves

The single harmonic oscillator and double-well potentials are important systems in quantum mechanics. The single harmonic oscillator is {\it the} paradigm in physics, and is taught in nearly all beginner undergraduate classes, while the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-24 N. Wine , J. Achtymichuk , F. Marsiglio

We review some recent rigorous results on the semiclassical behavior ($\epsilon\downarrow0$) of the scattering data of a non-self-adjoint Dirac operator with potential $A\exp\{iS/\epsilon\}$ where both $A$ and $S$ are differentiable…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2026-03-11 Setsuro Fujiié , Nicholas Hatzizisis , Spyridon Kamvissis

Higher-order WKB methods are used to investigate the border between the solvable and insolvable portions of the spectrum of quasi-exactly solvable quantum-mechanical potentials. The analysis reveals scaling and factorization properties that…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 C. M. Bender , G. Dunne , M. Moshe

After reviewing the WKB series for the Schr\"odinger equation we calculate the semiclassical expansion for the eigenvalues of the angular momentum operator. This is the first systematic semiclassical treatment of the angular momentum for…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2011-04-15 Marko Robnik , Luca Salasnich

This paper provides an elementary proof of the classical limit of the Schr\"{o}dinger equation with WKB type initial data and over arbitrary long finite time intervals. We use only the stationary phase method and the Laptev-Sigal simple and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-06-03 Claude Bardos , François Golse , Peter Markowich , Thierry Paul

Separation of the Dirac equation in the spacetime around a Kerr black hole into radial and angular coordinates was done by Chandrasekhar in 1976. In the present paper, we solve the radial equations in a Schwarzschild geometry…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 Banibrata Mukhopadhyay , Sandip K. Chakrabarti

In this article we discuss our ongoing program to extend the scope of certain, well-developed microlocal methods for the asymptotic solution of Schr\"{o}dinger's equation (for suitable `nonlinear oscillatory' quantum mechanical systems) to…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-01-09 Antonella Marini , Rachel Maitra , Vincent Moncrief

The complex WKB-Maslov method is used to consider an approach to the semiclassical integrability of the multidimensional Gross-Pitaevskii equation with an external field and nonlocal nonlinearity previously developed by the authors.…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2008-04-24 Alexander Shapovalov , Andrey Trifonov , Alexander Lisok

It is demonstrated how the equilibrium semiclassical approach of Coffey et al. can be improved to describe more correctly the evolution. As a result a new semiclassical Klein-Kramers equation for the Wigner function is derived, which…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-04-19 Roumen Tsekov

The Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin (WKB) approximation is frequently used to explore the mechanics of the cochlea. As opposed to numerical strategies, the WKB approximation facilitates analysis of model results through interpretable closed-form…

Biological Physics · Physics 2024-01-03 Brian L. Frost