Semiclassical description of tunneling in scattering with multiple degrees of freedom

G. F. Bonini, A. G. Cohen, C. Rebbi, V. A. Rubakov

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Abstract

We describe a computational investigation of tunneling at finite energy in a weakly coupled quantum mechanical system with two degrees of freedom. We compare a full quantum mechanical analysis to the results obtained by making use of a semiclassical technique developed in the context of instanton-like transitions in quantum field theory. This latter technique is based on an analytic continuation of the degrees of freedom into a complex phase space and the simultaneous analytic continuation of the equations of motion into the complex time plane.

Original languageEnglish
JournalPhysical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume60
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1999
Externally publishedYes

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