LEADER 02398nam a2200289 i 4500 001 991001776309707536 008 060718s2003 njua b 001 0 eng d 020 $a9812380191 (pbk.) 035 $ab13425584-39ule_inst 040 $aDip.to Fisica$beng 082 0 $a530.416$222 084 $aLC QC176.8.T8 084 $a53.1.4 100 1 $aRazavy, Mohsen$0624025 245 10$aQuantum theory of tunneling /$cMohsen Razavy 260 $aRiver Edge, NJ ;$aSingapore :$bWorld Scientific,$cc2003 300 $axxi, 549 p. :$bill. ;$c26 cm 504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index 505 0 $aA brief history of quantum tunneling -- Some basic questions concerning quantum tunneling -- Semi-classical approximations -- Generalization of the Bohr-Sommerfeld quantization rule and its application to quantum tunneling -- Gamow's theory, complex eigenvalues, and the wave function of a decaying state -- Simple solvable problems -- Tunneling in confining symmetric and asymmetric double-wells -- A classical description of tunneling -- Tunneling in time-dependent barriers -- Decay width and the scattering theory -- The method of variable reflection amplitude applied to solve multichannel tunneling problems -- Path integral and its semi-classical approximation in quantum tunneling -- Heisenberg's equations of motion for tunneling -- Wigner distribution function in quantum tunneling -- Complex scaling and dilatation transformation applied to the calculation of the decay width -- Multidimensional quantum tunneling -- Group and signal velocities -- Time-delay, reflection time operator and minimum tunneling time -- More about tunneling time -- Tunneling of a system with internal degrees of freedom -- Motion of a particle in a space bounded by a surface of revolution -- Relativistic formulation of quantum tunneling -- The inverse problem of quantum tunneling -- Some examples of quantum tunneling in atomic and molecular physics -- Examples from condensed matter physics -- Alpha decay. 650 0$aTunneling (Physics) 650 0$aQuantum theory 907 $a.b13425584$b21-09-06$c18-07-06 912 $a991001776309707536 945 $aLE006 53.1.4 RAZ$g1$i2006000157766$lle006$op$pE62.29$q-$rl$s- $t0$u6$v5$w6$x0$y.i14271588$z18-07-06 996 $aQuantum theory of tunneling$91097325 997 $aUNISALENTO 998 $ale006$b18-07-06$cm$da $e-$feng$gnju$h0$i0