Analysis Seminar

Various Approaches to Semiclassical Quantum Dynamics
George A. Hagedorn
Virginia Tech
Date & Time: 
Tue, 03/06/2012 - 14:00 - 15:00
Location: 
S-101

I shall describe several techniques for finding approximate solutions to the time-dependent Schr\"odinger equation in the semiclassical limit. The first of these involves expansions in
"semiclassical wave packets" that are also sometimes called "generalized squeezed states." The second is a time-dependent WKB approach that is related to the work of Maslov. I also plan briefly to describe the use of Bargmann transforms and Wigner.