WKB and Bohr-Sommerfeld quantization#

The classical momentum and turning points, the WKB wavefunction, and the Bohr-Sommerfeld (EBK) quantization rule, checked against the exact harmonic-oscillator spectrum and eigenstates; Weyl’s law counting levels by phase-space volume; Einstein’s torus quantization of the circular billiard; and the Langer correction that makes radial WKB exact for hydrogen.

Einstein’s torus quantization: the circular billiard

Einstein's torus quantization: the circular billiard

The Langer correction: exact hydrogen levels from radial WKB

The Langer correction: exact hydrogen levels from radial WKB

Weyl’s law: counting levels by phase-space volume

Weyl's law: counting levels by phase-space volume

WKB and Bohr-Sommerfeld quantization

WKB and Bohr-Sommerfeld quantization