Majorana’s approach to nonadiabatic transitions validates the adiabatic-impulse approximation

Abstract The approach by Ettore Majorana for non-adiabatic transitions between two quasi-crossing levels is revisited and significantly extended. We rederive the transition probability, known as the Landau–Zener–Stückelberg–Majorana formula, and introduce Majorana’s approach to modern readers. This...

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Main Authors: P. O. Kofman, O. V. Ivakhnenko, S. N. Shevchenko, Franco Nori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-31084-y