The semi-classical limit with delta potentials
Claudio Cacciapuoti, Davide Fermi, Andrea Posilicano
July 12, 2019
We consider the semi-classical limit of the quantum evolution of Gaussian
coherent states whenever the Hamiltonian $\mathsf H$ is given, as sum of
quadratic forms, by $\mathsf H=
-\frac{\hbar^{2}}{2m}\,\frac{d^{2}\,}{dx^{2}}\,\dot{+}\,\alpha\delta_{0}$, with
$\alpha\in\mathbb R$ and $\delta_{0}$ the Dirac delta-distribution at $x=0$. We
show that the quantum evolution can be approximated, uniformly for any time
away from the collision time and with an error of order $\hbar^{3/2-\lambda}$,
$0\!<\!\lambda\!<\!3/2$, by the quasi-classical evolution generated by a
self-adjoint extension of the restriction to $\mathcal C^{\infty}_{c}({\mathscr
M}_{0})$, ${\mathscr M}_{0}:=\{(q,p)\!\in\!\mathbb R^{2}\,|\,q\!\not=\!0\}$, of
($-i$ times) the generator of the free classical dynamics; such a self-adjoint
extension does not correspond to the classical dynamics describing the complete
reflection due to the infinite barrier. Similar approximation results are also
provided for the wave and scattering operators.
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