Semiclassical collision theory: Self-consistent classical path method
- 1 March 1987
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 86 (5) , 2617-2625
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.452065
Abstract
A new method for obtaining self-consistent classical trajectories in the semiclassical ‘‘classical path’’ approach is suggested. The method is obtained by introducing a reformulation of the effective potential obtained from the Feynman path integral approach to inelastic scattering. It is then possible to reduce the search for the self-consistent path to a search in a one-parameter space. It is shown that in general several solutions may exist and that quantum interference between the trajectories may be included using techniques available from classical S-matrix theory.Keywords
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