Classical aspects of quantum walls in one dimension

Tamás Fülöp, Taksu Cheon, Izumi Tsutsui
2002 Physical Review A. Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics  
We investigate the system of a particle moving on a half line x >= 0 under the general walls at x = 0 that are permitted quantum mechanically. These quantum walls, characterized by a parameter L, are shown to be realized as a limit of regularized potentials. We then study the classical aspects of the quantum walls, by seeking a classical counterpart which admits the same time delay in scattering with the quantum wall, and also by examining the WKB-exactness of the transition kernel based on the
more » ... regularized potentials. It is shown that no classical counterpart exists for walls with L < 0, and that the WKB-exactness can hold only for L = 0 and L = infinity.
doi:10.1103/physreva.66.052102 fatcat:uteeate45rbexjtnjb3reuwygu