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Supersymmetry and the Tunneling Problem in an Asymmetric Double Well
Physical Review A
  • Asim Gangopadhyaya, Loyola University Chicago
  • Prasanta K. Panigrahi, University of Hyderabad
  • Uday P. Sukhatne, University of Illinois at Chicago
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Article
Publication Date
4-1-1993
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Abstract

The techniques of supersymmetric quantum mechanics are applied to the calculation of the energy difference between the ground state and the first excited state of an asymmetric double well. This splitting, originating from the tunneling effect, is computed via a systematic, rapidly converging perturbation expansion. Perturbative calculations to any order can be easily carried out using a logarithmic perturbation theory. Our approach yield substantially better results than alternative widely used semiclassical analyses.

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PMID: 9909242
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Author Posting. © American Physical Society, 1993. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of American Physical Society for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Phys. Rev. A 47, 2720, (31 March 1993). http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.47.2720

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Gangopadhyaya, A., Panigrahi, P.K., & Sukhatme, U.P. (1993). Supersymmetry and tunneling in an asymmetric double well. Physical Review A, 47(4), 2720-2724.