Article
BARRIER PENETRATION VIA PATH-INTEGRALS
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS
Publication Date
1982
Abstract
Path integral methods are applied to the problem of barrier penetration. By an excursion into complex time it is shown how the ideal of a ’’classical’’ path may be generalized to give a simple geometrical derivation of the usual WKB formulas.
Disciplines
Comments
The published version is located at http://ajp.aapt.org/resource/1/ajpias/v50/i9/p833_s1
Pages
833-839
Citation Information
BR Holstein and AR SWIFT. "BARRIER PENETRATION VIA PATH-INTEGRALS" AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS Vol. 50 Iss. 9 (1982) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/barry_holstein/80/