PATH-INTEGRALS AND THE WKB APPROXIMATION
Publication Date
1982
Journal or Book Title
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS
Abstract
The WKB approximation is demonstrated to be formally identical to the semiclassical limit of the Feynman path integral propagator. In the limit that the path integral propagator is dominated by the classical particle trajectory, it is identical to the propagator calculated directly from WKB wave functions in the stationary phase approximation.
Pages
829-832
Volume
50
Issue
9
Recommended Citation
Holstein, BR and SWIFT, AR, "PATH-INTEGRALS AND THE WKB APPROXIMATION" (1982). AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. 435.
Retrieved from https://scholarworks.umass.edu/physics_faculty_pubs/435
Comments
The published version is located at http://ajp.aapt.org/resource/1/ajpias/v50/i9/p829_s1