American Journal of Physics

Phase Equation in Quantum Mechanics

A. Ronveaux

Published Feb 1, 1969• 16 citations

Abstract

The so-called phase equation is established in a general way for one-dimensional, linear second-order differential equations and for 2×2-linear differential systems. Systematic derivations give phase equations for particular quantum mechanical problems. New results are obtained using elementary mathematical tools, and some problems particularly well adapted for the phase method are suggested.

DOI: 10.1119/1.1975426

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