Double-Well Potential : The WKB Approximation with Phase Loss and Anharmonicity Effect
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-10-31 v1
Abstract
We derive a general WKB energy splitting formula in a double-well potential by incorporating both phase loss and anharmonicity effect in the usual WKB approximation. A bare application of the phase loss approach to the usual WKB method gives better results only for large separation between two potential minima. In the range of substantial tunneling, however, the phase loss approach with anharmonicity effect considered leads to a great improvement on the accuracy of the WKB approximation.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/9808137,
title = {Double-Well Potential : The WKB Approximation with Phase Loss and Anharmonicity Effect},
author = {Chang Soo Park and Myung Geun Jeong and Sahng-Kyoon Yoo and D. K. Park},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9808137},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
14 pages, revtex, 1 figure, will appear at Phys. Rev. A