Quantum dynamics in a time-dependent variational approximation
- 15 December 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 34 (12), 3831-3841
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.34.3831
Abstract
The time-dependent variational method, which in many-body theory leads to the Hartree-Fock approximation, is here tested in quantum-mechanical models inspired by the physics of the inflationary universe. Some remarks about field-theoretic applications are also made.Keywords
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