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Semiclassical Theory of Weighted Spectra for Regular Systems: Absorption Spectra and Decay Rates
Physical Review A
  • M. W. Beims, William & Mary
  • V. Kondratovich, William & Mary
  • John B. Delos, William & Mary
Document Type
Article
Department/Program
Physics
Pub Date
10-1-2000
Publisher
American Physical Society
Abstract

We derive a simple semiclassical representation to describe the large-scale structure of the spectrum of regular systems weighted by some arbitrary function W. Examples of weighted spectra are the width-weighted spectrum, which represents the decay rate of an unstable system, and the oscillator-strength-weighted spectrum, which represents the photoabsorption rate. Semiclassical representations of such spectra involve stationary-phase contributions, which are periodic or closed orbits, and end-point contributions, which are loops on an extremal torus. The theory provides the link between semiquantal formulas and the closed-orbit theory of atomic photoabsorption. It also allows calculation of an average decay rate without knowledge of the widths of individual quantum states.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.62.043401
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Citation Information
M. W. Beims, V. Kondratovich and John B. Delos. "Semiclassical Theory of Weighted Spectra for Regular Systems: Absorption Spectra and Decay Rates" Physical Review A Vol. 62 Iss. 4 (2000)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/john-delos/104/