Recent Developments of the Theory of Tunneling

Authors :: Toshiyuki Harano
Masatoshi Sato
Shinya Wada
Hisashi Kikuchi
Hideaki Aoyama
Ikuo Okouchi
Source :: Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement. 127:1-92
Publication Year :: 1997
Publisher :: Oxford University Press (OUP), 1997.
Abstract: Path-integral approach in imaginary and complex time has been proven successful in treating the tunneling phenomena in quantum mechanics and quantum field theories. Latest developments in this field, the proper valley method in imaginary time, its application to various quantum systems, complex time formalism, asympton theory for the large order analysis of the perturbation theory, are reviewed in a self-contained manner.<br />Comment: 100 pages, LaTeX, PTPTeX.sty, 36 eps figures, To be published in Progress of Theoretical Physics Suppliment