Simple approach to tunneling using the method of finite elements
- 15 September 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 32 (6), 1486-1490
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.32.1486
Abstract
We use the method of finite elements to solve the operator field equations for a simple quantum-mechanical model of tunneling. For the case of just one finite element we can express the tunneling in terms of a Borel transform. We obtain excellent numerical results for short times.Keywords
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