Semiclassical study of particle motion in two-dimensional and three-dimensional elliptical boxes. II
Robert Arvieu, Yves Ayant
For pt.I see ibid., vol.20, p.397-409, 1987. The spectrum of an ellipsoidal box of prolate and oblate symmetry are calculated by an extract diagonalisation and by semiclassical methods. The influence of a separatrix in phase space is analysed with the help of the WKB phases derived in an earlier paper. Differences between the prolate the oblate L z =0 states are explained using this separatrix. It is found that the EBK method, improved by the uniform approximation, leads to a spectrum in very good agreement with the wave mechanical results. The spectrum of a two-dimensional elliptical membrane ('billiard' box) is also studied with similar conclusions.
Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General•Apr 1, 1987•19 citations