Semiclassical Motion of Systems with Internal States

• Authors: S. Stenholm
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In many fields of atomic and molecular physics we need to combine the center-of-mass motion with internal degrees of freedom. In this work, the classical motion in phase space is separated from the quantum processes by a multiple-time-scale approach. The expansion parameter is proportional to Planck's constant. The theory is given and illustrated by examples: the semiclassical description of a particle without internal states, the extraction of a classical trajectory and the derivation of the light-induced force.

Keywords

EN

32.80.Pj; 03.65.Sq

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 1994
• Volume: 86
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 51-60

Dates

published

1994-07

Contributors

author

S. Stenholm

• Research Institute for Theoretical Physics and the Academy of Finland, P.O. Box 9 (Siltavuorenpenger 20C), 00014 University Of Helsinki, Finland