Controlling Phase Space Caustics in the Semiclassical Coherent State Propagator

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2007-04-19

arxiv.org/abs/0704.2510v1

Annals of Physics 323, 654-672 (2008)

Physics

Quantum Physics

24 pages, to appear in Ann. of Phys

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.aop.2007.04.008

The semiclassical formula for the quantum propagator in the coherent state representation $<\mathbf{z}'' | e^{-i\hat{H}T/\hbar} | \mathbf{z}'>$ is not free from the problem of caustics. These are singular points along the complex classical trajectories specified by $\mathbf{z}'$, $\mathbf{z}''$ and $T$ where the usual quadratic approximation fails, leading to divergences in the semiclassical formula. In this paper we derive third order approximations for this propagator that remain finite in the vicinity of caustics. We use Maslov's method and the dual representation proposed in Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 95}, 050405 (2005) to derive uniform, regular and transitional semiclassical approximations for coherent state propagator in systems with two degrees of freedom.

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