Solving ground eigenvalue and eigenfunction of spheroidal wave equation at low frequency by supersymmetric quantum mechanics method

The spheroidal wave functions are found to have extensive applications in many branches of physics and mathematics. We use the perturbation method in supersymmetric quantum mechanics to obtain the analytic ground eigenvalue and the ground eigenfunction of the angular spheroidal wave equation at low frequency in a series form. Using this approach, the numerical determinations of the ground eigenvalue and the ground eigenfunction for small complex frequencies are also obtained.     

Ground eigenvalue and eigenfunction of a spin-weighted spheroidal wave equation in low frequencies

Spin-weighted spheroidal wave functions play an important role in the study of the linear stability of rotating Kerr black holes and are studied by the perturbation method in supersymmetric quantum mechanics.Their analytic ground eigenvalues and eigenfunctions are obtained by means of a series in low frequency.The ground eigenvalue and eigenfunction for small complex frequencies are numerically determined.     

Spin-weighted spheroidal equation in the case of s=1

We present a series of studies to solve the spin-weighted spheroidal wave equation by using the method of super-symmetric quantum mechanics. We first obtain the first four terms of super-potential of the spin-weighted spheroidal wave equation in the case of s = 1. These results may help summarize the general form for the n-th term of the super-potential, which is proved to be correct by means of induction. Then we compute the eigen-values and the eigen- functions for the ground state. Finally, the shape-invariance property is proved and the eigen-values and eigen-functions for excited states are obtained. All the results may be of significance for studying the electromagnetic radiation processes near rotating black holes and computing the radiation reaction in curved space-time.     

Verification of the spin-weighted spheroidal equation in the case of s=1

The spin-weighted spheroidal equation in the case of s = 1 is studied. By transforming the independent variables, we make it take the Schrdinger-like form. This Schrdinger-like equation is very interesting in itself. We investigate it by using super-symmetric quantum mechanics and obtain the ground eigenvalue and eigenfunction, which are consistent with the results previously obtained.     

在s=3/2情形下利用超对称量子力学方法解广义椭球函数

本文利用超对称量子力学的方法研究出广义椭球函数. 首先, 用超对称量子力学方法近似的算出前四阶超势W和相应本征值E, 然后递推出W_n的通式, 并利用数学归纳法来证明W_n通式的正确性, 从而得到了此时的广义椭球函数方程的基态波函数, 这对于它们的应用有很大的意义.     

Analytic solutions of the ground and excited states of the spin-weighted spheroidal equation in the case of s=2

By using the super-symmetric quantum mechanics (SUSYQM) method, this paper obtains the analytical solutions for the spin-weighted spheroidal wave equation in the case of s = 2. Based on the derived W 0 to W 4 the general form for the n-th-order super-potential is summarized and is proved correct by mathematical induction. Hence the ground eigenvalue problem is completely solved. Particularly, the novel solutions of the excited state are investigated according to the shape-invariance property.     

New WKB method in supersymmetry quantum mechanics

In this paper, we combine the perturbation method in supersymmetric quantum mechanics with the WKB method to restudy an angular equation coming from the wave equations for a Schwarzschild black hole with a straight string passing through it. This angular equation serves as a naive model for our investigation of the combination of supersym- metric quantum mechanics and the WKB method, and will provide valuable insight for our further study of the WKB approximation in real problems, like the one in spheroidal equations, etc.     

FRW minisuperspace with local N=4 supersymmetry and self‐interacting scalar field

A supersymmetric FRW model with a scalar supermultiplet and generic superpotential is analysed from a quantum cosmological perspective. The corresponding Lorentz and supersymmetry constraints allow to establish a system of first order partial differential equations from which solutions can be obtained. We show that this is possible when the superpotential is expanded in powers of a parameter λ?1. At order λ⁰ we find the general class of solutions, which include in particular quantum states reported in the current literature. New solutions are partially obtained at order λ¹, where the dependence on the superpotential is manifest. These classes of solutions can be employed to find states for higher orders in λ. Our analysis further points to the following: (i) supersymmetric wave functions can only be found when the superpotential has either an exponential behaviour, an effective cosmological constant form or is zero; (ii) If the superpotential behaves differently during other periods, the wave function is trivial ( = 0, i.e., no supersymmetric states). We conclude this paper discussing how our FRW minisuperspace (with N = 4 supersymmetry and invariance under time‐reparametrization) can be relevant concerning the issue of supersymmetry breaking.     

Local rings of singularities andN=2 supersymmetric quantum mechanics

We investigate the Kähler structure arising inn-component,N=2 supersymmetric quantum mechanics. We defineL ²-cohomology groups of a modified and relate them to the corresponding spaces of harmonic forms. We prove that the cohomology is concentrated in the middle dimension, and is isomorphic to the direct sum of the local rings of the singularities of the superpotential. In the physics language, this means that the number of ground states is equal to the absolute value of the index of the supercharge, and each ground state contains exactlyn fermions.Supported in part by the Department of Energy under Grant DE-F602-88ER25065     

Quasilinearization method: Nonperturbative approach to physical problems

The general properties of the quasilinearization method (QLM), particularly its fast quadratic convergence, monotonicity, and numerical stability, are analyzed and illustrated on different physical problems. The method approaches the solution of a nonlinear differential equation by approximating the nonlinear terms by a sequence of linear ones and is not based on the existence of a small parameter. It is shown that QLM gives excellent results when applied to different nonlinear differential equations in physics, such as Blasius, Lane-Emden, and Thomas-Fermi equations, as well as in computation of ground and excited bound-state energies and wave functions in quantum mechanics (where it can be applied by casting the Schrödinger equation in the nonlinear Riccati form) for a variety of potentials most of which are not treatable with the help of perturbation theory. The convergence of the QLM expansion of both energies and wave functions for all states is very fast and the first few iterations already yield extremely precise results. The QLM approximations, unlike the asymptotic series in perturbation theory and 1/N expansions, are not divergent at higher orders. The method sums many orders of perturbation theory as well as of the WKB expansion. It provides final and accurate answers for large and infinite values of the coupling constants and is able to handle even supersingular potentials for which each term of the perturbation series is infinite and the perturbation expansion does not exist.     

Variational supersymmetric approach to evaluate Fokker-Planck probability

In this work we introduce a method to determine the time dependent probability density for the one-dimensional Fokker-Planck equation. The treatment is based in an analysis of the Schrödinger equation through the variational method associated to the formalism of supersymmetric quantum mechanics (SQM). The approach uses an ansatz for the superpotential which allows us to obtain the trial functions of the variational method. The hierarchy of effective Hamiltonians permits us to determine the variational eigenfunctions and energies of the excited states to the evaluation of the probability. The symmetric bistable potential is used to illustrate the approach whose results are compared with results obtained by the state-dependent diagonalization method and by direct numerical calculation.     

Generalized Supersymmetric Perturbation Theory

Using the basic ingredient of supersymmetry, a simple alternative approach is developed to perturbation theory in one-dimensional non-relativistic quantum mechanics. The formulae for the energy shifts and wavefunctions do not involve tedious calculations which appear in the available perturbation theories. The model applicable in the same form to both the ground state and excited bound states, unlike the recently introduced supersymmetric perturbation technique which, together with other approaches based on logarithmic perturbation theory, are involved within the more general framework of the present formalism.     

A Stochastic Mechanics Based on Bohm‧s Theory and its Connection with Quantum Mechanics

We construct a stochastic mechanics by replacing Bohm‧s first-order ordinary differential equation of motion with a stochastic differential equation where the stochastic process is defined by the set of Bohmian momentum time histories from an ensemble of particles. We show that, if the stochastic process is a purely random process with n-th order joint probability density in the form of products of delta functions, then the stochastic mechanics is equivalent to quantum mechanics in the sense that the former yields the same position probability density as the latter. However, for a particular non-purely random process, we show that the stochastic mechanics is not equivalent to quantum mechanics. Whether the equivalence between the stochastic mechanics and quantum mechanics holds for all purely random processes but breaks down for all non-purely random processes remains an open question.     

Functional integral in supersymmetric quantum mechanics

The solution of the square root of the Schrödinger equation for supersymmetric quantum mechanics is expressed in the form of series. The formula may be considered as a functional integral of the chronological exponent of the superpseudodifferential operator symbol over the superspace.     

N=2 supersymmetric quantum mechanics on Riemann surfaces with meromorphic superpotentials

We constructN=2 supersymmetric quantum Hamiltonians with meromorphic superpotentials on compact Riemann surfaces and investigate the topological properties of these Hamiltonians.L ₂-cohomology groups for supercharge (a deformed operator) are considered and the Witten index for the supersymmetric Hamiltonian with meromorphic superpotential is calculated in terms of Euler characteristic of the Riemann surface and the degree of a divisor of poles for the differential of the superpotential.This work was supported, in part, by a Soros Foundation Grant awarded by the American Physical Society     

Critical conditions for instability of a highly charged oblate spheroidal drop

The spectrum of capillary oscillations of a charged oblate spheroidal drop is calculated in neglect of the interaction between modes by means of a perturbation expansion in the small deviation of the equilibrium shape of the drop from spherical. The critical conditions for instability of its nth mode with respect to the self-charge are calculated in the form of an analytical function describing how the dimensionless Rayleigh parameter characterizing the stability of the drop depends on the value of the spheroidal deformation. Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 69, 10–14 (July 1999)     

Central Charge Extended Supersymmetric Structures for Fundamental Fermions Around Non-Abelian Vortices

Fermionic zero modes around non-abelian vortices are shown that they constitute two N = 2, d = 1 supersymmetric quantum mechanics algebras. These two algebras can be combined under certain circumstances to form a central charge extended N = 4 supersymmetric quantum algebra. We thoroughly discuss the implications of the existence of supersymmetric quantum mechanics algebras, in the quantum Hilbert space of the fermionic zero modes.     

谐振子薛定谔方程的超对称解法

通过构造哈密顿量与谐振子系统哈密顿量对易的超对称系统,量子谐振子的性质就可以通过对超对称系统的研究来得到.利用超对称系统的性质,在没有用到厄米多项式的情况下,给出了谐振子本征函数中展开系数间的递推关系,由递推关系可以直接得到本征函数.此方法下得到的归一化本征函数与用厄米多项式表达的本征函数完全相同,并且本征函数的宇称可以明显的显示出来.     

Nonlinear supersymmetry,quantum anomaly and quasi-exactly solvable systems

The nonlinear supersymmetry of one-dimensional systems is investigated in the context of the quantum anomaly problem. Any classical supersymmetric system characterized by the nonlinear in the Hamiltonian superalgebra is symplectomorphic to a supersymmetric canonical system with the holomorphic form of the supercharges. Depending on the behaviour of the superpotential, the canonical supersymmetric systems are separated into the three classes. In one of them the parameter specifying the supersymmetry order is subject to some sort of classical quantization, whereas the supersymmetry of another extreme class has a rather fictive nature since its fermion degrees of freedom are decoupled completely by a canonical transformation. The nonlinear supersymmetry with polynomial in momentum supercharges is analysed, and the most general one-parametric Calogero-like solution with the second order supercharges is found. Quantization of the systems of the canonical form reveals the two anomaly-free classes, one of which gives rise naturally to the quasi-exactly solvable systems. The quantum anomaly problem for the Calogero-like models is “cured” by the specific superpotential-dependent term of order ℏ². The nonlinear supersymmetry admits the generalization to the case of two-dimensional systems.     

Large orders in the 1/N perturbation theory by inverse scattering in one dimension

When one tries to compute large orders in the 1/N series à la Lipatov a complicated non-linear equation for the instanton is found in ø⁴ or non-linear sigma models.We solve here this equation in the one-dimensional case (quantum mechanics) by inverse scattering techniques. From the instanton solutions we obtain theK ^th order of the 1/N perturbation theory up to 0(K ^–1) for the 0(N) symmetric anharmonic oscillator and up to a factor 0(K ⁰) for a non-symmetric model. In the symmetric case we agree with results recently obtained in quantum mechanics by Hikami and Brézin following a different procedure. For the non-symmetric anharmonic oscillator we believe our formulae are new.