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Expansion of the TDHF-density matrix into Gaussian phase-space densities and application to atomic collisions: Eberhard Teubner, Norbert Grün, and Werner Scheid. Institut für Theoretische Physik der Justus-Liebig-Universität, Giessen, Germany


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1991
Tongue
English
Weight
69 KB
Volume
207
Category
Article
ISSN
0003-4916

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✦ Synopsis


A method for solving the TDHF-equation for the one-particle density matrix is suggested. The density matrix is expanded into Gaussian phase-space densities after a transformation to Wigner space. If the Hartree potential is approximated by a quadratic potential at the centers of the Gaussian density matrices, classical equations of motion are obtained for the phase-space coordinates of the centers. In addition, differential equations of first order have to be solved for the time-dependent expansion coefficients. We give explicit formulae of our method for the case of two colliding atoms (or ions).

Semiclassical

Calculation of Matrix