Quantum-mechanical derivation of the equations of motion for Davydov solitons
- 1 March 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 35 (7) , 3629-3632
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.35.3629
Abstract
The equations of the Davydov model, which describe energy propagation along linear-chain molecules by a soliton mechanism, have heretofore been derived by a combination of quantum-mechanical and classical techniques. We give here a derivation which is completely based on quantum mechanics.Keywords
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