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Dynamics of wave packets and the time-dependent variational principle

✍ Scribed by F. Arickx; J. Broeckhove; E. Kesteloot; L. Lathouwers; P. Van Leuven

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1986
Tongue
English
Weight
444 KB
Volume
128
Category
Article
ISSN
0009-2614

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✦ Synopsis

The quanta1 time evolution of a one-dimensional

Gaussian wave packet according to the time-dependent variational principle (TDVP) is shown to be formally equivalent to the classical motion of a particle in a two-dimensional potential. The formal and practical advantages of the TDVP approach are indicated.

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