The theory of systems with internal degrees of freedom
We explain why the conventional argument for deriving the time-dependent Born-Oppenheimer approximation is incomplete and review recent mathematical results, which clarify the situation and at the same time provide a systematic scheme for higher order corrections. We also present a new elementary derivation of the correct second-order time-dependent Born-Oppenheimer approximation and discuss as applications the dynamics near a conical intersection of potential surfaces and reactive scattering.
In this paper we are interested in constructing WKB approximations for the nonlinear cubic Schrödinger equation on a Riemannian surface which has a stable geodesic. These approximate solutions will lead to some instability properties of the equation.
Nous considérons dans cet exposé la théorie de la diffusion pour des modèles de Pauli-Fierz sans masse divergents infrarouge. Nous montrons que les représentations CCR obtenues a partir des champs asymptotiques contiennent des secteurs cohérents décrivant un nombre infini de bosons asymptotiquement libres. Nous formulons quelques conjectures qui conduisent a une notion bien définie de sections efficaces inclusives et non inclusives pour les Hamiltoniens de Pauli-Fierz. Finalement nous donnons une...
We consider a nonlinear Dirac system in one space dimension with periodic boundary conditions. First, we discuss questions on the existence and uniqueness of the solution. Then, we propose an implicit-explicit finite difference method for its approximation, proving optimal order a priori error estimates in various discrete norms and showing results from numerical experiments.