Quantum Calisthenics: Gaussians, The Path Integral and Guided Numerical Approximations
| dc.creator | Weinstein, Marvin | |
| dc.date | 2009-02-10 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T12:40:29Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T12:40:29Z | |
| dc.description | It is apparent to anyone who thinks about it that, to a large degree, the basic concepts of Newtonian physics are quite intuitive, but quantum mechanics is not. My purpose in this talk is to introduce you to a new, much more intuitive way to understand how quantum mechanics works. I refer to this method as a guided numerical approximation scheme and it is based upon a new look at what the path integral tells us about states in Hilbert space. I begin with simple exactly solvable models and show how to handle problems which cannot be dealt with analytically, this includes the treatment of the evolution of a Gaussian wave-packet in an anharmonic potential as well tunneling problems (i.e., instanton effects) | |
| dc.description | Invited Talk Light Cone 2008. 11 pages, no figures, link to web site where the reference animations can be viewed | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/0902.1775 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/0902.1775 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/219459 | |
| dc.subject | Quantum Physics | |
| dc.title | Quantum Calisthenics: Gaussians, The Path Integral and Guided Numerical Approximations | |
| dc.type | text |