Effect of Anharmonicity on the WKB Energy Splitting in a Double Well Potential.pdfVIP

GTP-96-02 Effect of Anharmonicity on the WKB Energy Splitting in a Double Well Potential a b b c d Chang Soo Park , Soo-Young Lee , Jae-Rok Kahng , Sahng-Kyoon Yoo , D.K. Park , 6 e f 9 C.H. Lee , and Eui-Soon Yim 9 1 a Department of Physics, Dankook University, Cheonan 330-714, Korea p e b Department of Physics, College of Science, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea S 9 c Department of Physics, Seonam University, Namwon, Chunbuk 590-170, Korea 1 d Department of Physics, Kyungnam University, Masan 631-701, Korea v 8 e 0 D S Dept., R D Center, Anam Industrial CO., LTD, Seoul 133-120, Korea 0 9 f Department of Physics, Semyung University, Chechon 390-230, Korea 0 6 (February 1, 2008) 9 / h p - t n Abstract a u q : v We investigate the effect of anharmonicity on the WKB approximation in a i X double well potential. By incorporating the anharmonic perturbation into the r a WKB energy splitting formula we show that the WKB approximation can be greatly improved in the region over which the tunneling is appreciable. We also observe that the usual WKB results can be obtained from our formalism as a limiting case in which the two potential minima are far apart. Typeset