Physical Review A

Identical motion in classical and quantum mechanics

Adam J. Makowski, S. Konkel

Published Dec 1, 1998• 20 citations

Abstract

General formulas are found for potentials that lead to the same motions in both classical and quantum mechanics. A class of time-dependent potentials with the above property is also discussed.Received 15 May 1998DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.58.4975©1998 American Physical Society

DOI: 10.1103/physreva.58.4975

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