Publication
Title
Time-dependent variational-principles and conservation-laws in wavepacket dynamics
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Abstract
A criterion for the equivalence of time-dependent variational principles in current use in chemistry and physics is demonstrated. Conservation laws are considered and it is shown that under certain conditions quantal conservation laws also hold for the time evolution derived from the variational principle. The formalism is applied to an N-dimensional spherical Gaussian wavepacket. A numerical example for the three-dimensional spherical Gaussian potential well is worked out to illustrate the dynamics and the role of conservation laws.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Journal of physics: A: mathematical and general. - London, 1968 - 2006
Publication
London : 1989
ISSN
0305-4470
DOI
10.1088/0305-4470/22/20/016
Volume/pages
22 :20 (1989) , p. 4395-4408
ISI
A1989AW49000016
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