Preface |
A Brief History of Quantum Tunneling / 1: |
Some Basic Questions Concerning Quantum Tunneling / 2: |
Tunneling and the Uncertainty Principle / 2.1: |
Decay of a Quasistationary State / 2.2: |
Semi-Classical Approximations / 3: |
The WKB Approximation / 3.1: |
Method of Miller and Good / 3.2: |
Calculation of the Splitting of Levels in a Symmetric Double-Well Potential Using WKB Approximation / 3.3: |
Generalization of the Bohr-Sommerfeld Quantization Rule and its Application to Quantum Tunneling / 4: |
The Bohr-Sommerfeld Method for Tunneling in Symmetric and Asymmetric Wells / 4.1: |
Numerical Examples / 4.2: |
Gamow's Theory, Complex Eigenvalues, and the Wave Function of a Decaying State / 5: |
Solution of the Schrodinger Equation with Radiating Boundary Condition / 5.1: |
The Time Development of a Wave PacketTrapped Behind a Barrier / 5.2: |
A More Accurate Determination of the Wave Function of a Decaying State / 5.3: |
Some Instances Where WKB Approximation and the Gamow Formula Do Not Work / 5.4: |
Simple Solvable Problems / 6: |
Confining Double-Well Potentials / 6.1: |
Time-dependent Tunneling for a [delta]-Function Barrier / 6.2: |
Tunneling Through Barriers of Finite Extent / 6.3: |
Tunneling Through a Series of Identical Rectangular Barriers / 6.4: |
Eckart's Potential / 6.5: |
Double-Well Morse Potential / 6.6: |
Tunneling in Confining Symmetric and Asymmetric Double-Wells / 7: |
Tunneling When the Barrier is Nonlocal / 7.1: |
Tunneling in Separable Potentials / 7.2: |
A Solvable Asymmetric Double-Well Potential / 7.3: |
Quasi-Solvable Examples of Symmetric and Asymmetric Double-Wells / 7.4: |
Gel'fand-Levitan Method / 7.5: |
Darboux's Method / 7.6: |
Optical Potential Barrier Separating Two Symmetric or Asymmetric Wells / 7.7: |
A Classical Description of Tunneling / 8: |
Tunneling in Time-Dependent Barriers / 9: |
Multi-Channel Schrodinger Equation for Periodic Potentials / 9.1: |
Tunneling Through an Oscillating Potential Barrier / 9.2: |
Separable Tunneling Problems with Time-Dependent Barriers / 9.3: |
Penetration of a Particle Inside a Time-Dependent Potential Barrier / 9.4: |
Decay Width and the Scattering Theory / 10: |
Scattering Theory and the Time-Dependent Schrodinger Equation / 10.1: |
An Approximate Method of Calculating the Decay Widths / 10.2: |
Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory Applied to the Calculation of Decay Widths of Unstable States / 10.3: |
Early Stages of Decay via Tunneling / 10.4: |
An Alternative Way of Calculating the Decay Width Using the Second Order Perturbation Theory / 10.5: |
Tunneling Through Two Barriers / 10.6: |
Escape from a Potential Well by Tunneling Through both Sides / 10.7: |
Decay of the Initial State and the Jost Function / 10.8: |
The Method of Variable Reflection Amplitude Applied to Solve Multichannel Tunneling Problems / 11: |
Mathematical Formulation / 11.1: |
Matrix Equations and Semi-classical Approximation for Many-Channel Problems / 11.2: |
Path Integral and Its Semi-Classical Approximation in Quantum Tunneling / 12: |
Application to the S-Wave Tunneling of a Particle Through a Central Barrier / 12.1: |
Method of Euclidean Path Integral / 12.2: |
An Example of Application of the Path Integral Method in Tunneling / 12.3: |
Complex Time, Path Integrals and Quantum Tunneling / 12.4: |
Path Integral and the Hamilton-Jacobi Coordinates / 12.5: |
Remarks About the Semi-Classical Propagator and Tunneling Problem / 12.6: |
Heisenberg's Equations of Motion for Tunneling / 13: |
The Heisenberg Equations of Motion for Tunneling in Symmetric and Asymmetric Double-Wells / 13.1: |
Tunneling in a Symmetric Double-Well / 13.2: |
Tunneling in an Asymmetric Double-Well / 13.3: |
Tunneling in a Potential Which Is the Sum of Inverse Powers of the Radial Distance / 13.4: |
Klein's Method for the Calculation of the Eigenvalues of a Confining Double-Well Potential / 13.5: |
Wigner Distribution Function in Quantum Tunneling / 14: |
Wigner Distribution Function and Quantum Tunneling / 14.1: |
Wigner Trajectory for Tunneling in Phase Space / 14.2: |
Wigner Distribution Function for an Asymmetric Double-Well / 14.3: |
Wigner Trajectory for an Oscillating Wave Packet / 14.4: |
Margenau-Hill Distribution Function for a Double-Well Potential / 14.5: |
Complex Scaling and Dilatation Transformation Applied to the Calculation of the Decay Width / 15: |
Multidimensional Quantum Tunneling / 16: |
The Semi-classical Approach of Kapur and Peierls / 16.1: |
Wave Function for the Lowest Energy State / 16.2: |
Calculation of the Low-Lying Wave Functions by Quadrature / 16.3: |
Method of Quasilinearization Applied to the Problem of Multidimensional Tunneling / 16.4: |
Solution of the General Two-Dimensional Problems / 16.5: |
The Most Probable Escape Path / 16.6: |
Group and Signal Velocities / 17: |
Time-Delay, Reflection Time Operator and Minimum Tunneling Time / 18: |
Time-Delay in Tunneling / 18.1: |
Time-Delay for Tunneling of a Wave Packet / 18.2: |
Landauer and Martin Criticism of the Definition of the Time-Delay in Quantum Tunneling / 18.3: |
Time-Delay in Multi-Channel Tunneling / 18.4: |
Reflection Time in Quantum Tunneling / 18.5: |
Minimum Tunneling Time / 18.6: |
More about Tunneling Time / 19: |
Dwell and Phase Tunneling Times / 19.1: |
Buttiker and Landauer Time / 19.2: |
Larmor Precession / 19.3: |
Tunneling Time and its Determination Using the Internal Energy of a Simple Molecule / 19.4: |
Intrinsic Time / 19.5: |
A Critical Study of the Tunneling Time Determination by a Quantum Clock / 19.6: |
Tunneling Time According to Low and Mende / 19.7: |
Tunneling of a System with Internal Degrees of Freedom / 20: |
Lifetime of Coupled-Channel Resonances / 20.1: |
Two-Coupled Channel Problem with Spherically Symmetric Barriers / 20.2: |
A Numerical Example / 20.3: |
Tunneling of a Simple Molecule / 20.4: |
Tunneling of a Molecule in Asymmetric Double-Wells / 20.5: |
Tunneling of a Molecule Through a Potential Barrier / 20.6: |
Antibound State of a Molecule / 20.7: |
Motion of a Particle in a Space Bounded by a Surface of Revolution / 21: |
Testing the Accuracy of the Present Method / 21.1: |
Calculation of the Eigenvalues / 21.2: |
Relativistic Formulation of Quantum Tunneling / 22: |
One-Dimensional Tunneling of the Electrons / 22.1: |
Tunneling of Spinless Particles in One Dimension / 22.2: |
Tunneling Time in Special Relativity / 22.3: |
The Inverse Problem of Quantum Tunneling / 23: |
A Method for Finding the Potential from the Reflection Amplitude / 23.1: |
Determination of the Shape of the Potential Barrier in One-Dimensional Tunneling / 23.2: |
Prony's Method of Determination of Complex Energy Eigenvalues / 23.3: |
The Inverse Problem of Tunneling for Gamow States / 23.4: |
Some Examples of Quantum Tunneling in Atomic and Molecular Physics / 24: |
Torsional Vibration of a Molecule / 24.1: |
Electron Emission from the Surface of Cold Metals / 24.2: |
Ionization of Atoms in Very Strong Electric Field / 24.3: |
A Time-Dependent Formulation of Ionization in an Electric Field / 24.4: |
Ammonia Maser / 24.5: |
Optical Isomers / 24.6: |
Three-Dimensional Tunneling in the Presence of a Constant Field of Force / 24.7: |
Examples from Condensed Matter Physics / 25: |
The Band Theory of Solids and the Kronig-Penney Model / 25.1: |
Tunneling in Metal-Insulator-Metal Structures / 25.2: |
Many Electron Formulation of the Current / 25.3: |
Electron Tunneling Through Hetero-structures / 25.4: |
Alpha Decay / 26: |
Index |
Preface |
A Brief History of Quantum Tunneling / 1: |
Some Basic Questions Concerning Quantum Tunneling / 2: |