Breakdown of Bohr's correspondence principle

Authors
Gao, B
Citation
B. Gao, Breakdown of Bohr's correspondence principle, PHYS REV L, 83(21), 1999, pp. 4225-4228
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
ISSN journal
00319007 → ACNP
Volume
83
Issue
21
Year of publication
1999
Pages
4225 - 4228
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(19991122)83:21<4225:BOBCP>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Bohr's correspondence principle, i.e., the expectation that the semiclassic al approximation works better for states with greater quantum numbers, is s hown to break down in all quantum systems in which the asymptotic interacti on between the fragments behaves as -C-n/r(n) with n > 2.