Supersymmetry in quantum mechanics

In the past ten years, the ideas of supersymmetry have been profitably applied to many nonrelativistic quantum mechanical problems. In particular, there is now a much deeper understanding of why certain potentials are analytically solvable. In this lecture I review the theoretical formulation of supersymmetric quantum mechanics and discuss many of its applications. I show that the well-known exactly solvable potentials can be understood in terms of a few basic ideas which include supersymmetric partner potentials and shape invariance. The connection between inverse scattering, isospectral potentials and supersymmetric quantum mechanics is discussed and multi-soliton solutions of the KdV equation are constructed. Further, it is pointed out that the connection between the solutions of the Dirac equation and the Schrödinger equation is exactly same as between the solutions of the MKdV and the KdV equations.     

Darboux transformation for the nonsteady Schrödinger equation

The Darboux transformation for a nonsteady one-dimensional Schrödinger equation is introduced; its operator is an N-th order differential operator that converts the solution of an equation with a specified potential to a solution with a new potential constructed from the solutions of the initial equation. A relation is established between this transformation and supersymmetric quantum mechanics. Operators of time-conserved supercharge are introduced; for steady states, they reduce to the well-known operators. Examples of accurately solvable nonsteady potentials of elementary form are given.Tomsk State University. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 7, pp. 59–65, July, 1995.     

Extension of PT-symmetric quantum mechanics to the Dirac theory with position-dependent mass

We present a new method to construct the exactly solvable PT-symmetric potentials within the framework of the position-dependent effective mass Dirac equation with the vector potential coupling scheme in 1 + 1 dimensions. In order to illustrate the procedure, we produce three PT-symmetric potentials as examples, which are PT-symmetric harmonic oscillator-like potential, PT-symmetric potential with the form of a linear potential plus an inversely linear potential, and PT-symmetric kink-like potential, respectively. The real relativistic energy levels and corresponding spinor components for the bound states are obtained by using the basic concepts of the supersymmetric quantum mechanics formalism and function analysis method.     

A GENERATION OF EXACTLY SOLVABLE ANHARMONIC SYMMETRIC OSCILLATORS

Using the ideas of supersymmetric quantum mechanics, we exactly solve a continuous family of anharmonic potentials, which are the supersymmetric partners of the linear harmonic oscillators. The family includes a series of potentials in which the excited-state energy is the same as that of the harmonic oscillators, but the ground-state energy can be any value lower than the excited states. The shape of the potential is variable, which includes the double-well and triple-well potentials. All the potentials obtained in this paper are free of singularities, and the supersymmetry of the solutions is unbroken.     

Solutions of Dirac equations with the Pöschl-Teller potential

By using the basic concepts of the supersymmetric quantum mechanics formalism and the function analysis method, we solve the Dirac equation with vector and scalar potentials and obtain the bound-state solutions for the nuclei in the relativistic P?schl-Teller potential. All of the analyses are prepared under the conditions of the exact spin symmetry and pseudospin symmetry. The exact energy equation and corresponding two-component spinor wave functions for s -wave bound states are obtained analytically.     

Asymptotic iteration approach to supersymmetric bistable potentials

We examine quasi exactly solvable bistable potentials and their supersymmetric partners within the framework of the asymptotic iteration method (AIM). It is shown that the AIM produces excellent approximate spectra and that some×it is found to be more useful to use the partner potential for computation. We also discuss the direct application of the AIM to the Fokker-Planck equation.     

Bound states of the Klein－Gordon and Dirac equation for scalar and vector pseudoharmonic oscillator potentials

The exact bound state solutions of the Klein－Gordon equation and Dirac equation with scalar and vector pseudoharmonic oscillator potentials are obtained in this paper. Furthermore, we have used the supersymmetric quantum mechanics, shape invariance and alternative method to obtain the required results.     

Calculation of the Oscillator Strength for the Klein–Gordon Equation with Tietz Potential

The Klein–Gordon equation under equal scalar and vector potentials is solved for the Tietz potential in D-dimensions by using supersymmetric quantum mechanics. The spectrum of the system is numerically calculated and the oscillator strength is determined and discussed in terms of parameters of the system.     

Exact Solutions of the Klein–Gordon Equation with Position-Dependent Mass for Mixed Vector and Scalar Kink-Like Potentials

The relativistic problem of spinless particles with position-dependent mass subject to kink-like potentials (~tanh αx) is investigated. By using the basic concepts of the supersymmetric quantum mechanics formalism and the functional analysis method, we solve exactly the position-dependent effective mass Klein–Gordon equation with the vector and scalar kink-like potential coupling, and obtain the bound state solutions in the closed form. It is found that in the presence of position-dependent mass there exists the symmetry that the discrete positive energy spectra and negative energy spectra are symmetric about zero energy for the case of a mixed vector and scalar kink-like potential coupling, and in the presence of constant mass this symmetry only appears for the cases of a pure scalar kink-like potential coupling or massless particles.     

Rosen-Morse势阱中相对论粒子的束缚态

给出了具有Rosen-Morse型标量势与矢量势的Klein-Gordon方程和Dirac方程的s波束缚态解. 运用超对称量子力学和形不变性得到了束缚态能谱，通过变量代换求得波函数. 把上述方法推广到相对论量子力学. 关键词： Rosen-Morse势 Klein-Gordon方程 Dirac方程 束缚态     

精确的量子化条件和不变量

提出并证明了一维量子系统和三维球对称量子系统的一个精确的量子化条件.在此精确量子化条件中, 除了通常的Nπ项外, 还有一积分项, 称为修正项. 发现该修正项正是在超对称量子力学中所谓的有形状不变势的量子系统的一个不变量，它不依赖于波函数的节点数.对这些系统, 可用基态能级和波函数确定此不变量的值, 从而由精确的量子化条件容易算出全部束缚态的能级. 计算得到能级的正确性又反过来验证了在有形状不变势的量子系统中此修正项确实是不变量.计算的有形状不变势的量子系统, 包括一维的有限方势阱、Morse势及其变形、R 关键词： 量子化条件 超对称量子力学 形状不变势 不变量     

Supersymmetric partners for the associated Lamé potentials

The general solution of the stationary Schrödinger equation for the associated Lamé potentials with an arbitrary real energy is found. The supersymmetric partners are generated by employing seed solutions for factorization energies inside the gaps.     

Darboux partners of pseudoscalar Dirac potentials associated with exceptional orthogonal polynomials

We introduce a method for constructing Darboux (or supersymmetric) pairs of pseudoscalar and scalar Dirac potentials that are associated with exceptional orthogonal polynomials. Properties of the transformed potentials and regularity conditions are discussed. As an application, we consider a pseudoscalar Dirac potential related to the Schrödinger model for the rationally extended radial oscillator. The pseudoscalar partner potentials are constructed under the first- and second-order Darboux transformations.     

Complex oscillator and Painlevé IV equation

Supersymmetric quantum mechanics is a powerful tool for generating exactly solvable potentials departing from a given initial one. In this article the first- and second-order supersymmetric transformations will be used to obtain new exactly solvable potentials departing from the complex oscillator. The corresponding Hamiltonians turn out to be ruled by polynomial Heisenberg algebras. By applying a mechanism to reduce to second the order of these algebras, the connection with the Painlevé IV equation is achieved, thus giving place to new solutions for the Painlevé IV equation.     

Bound states in continuum of complex potentials generated by supersymmetric quantum mechanics

It is shown that bound states in continuum can be generated by applying supersymmetric quantum mechanics to real potentials in such a way that the transformed potential becomes complex. Three cases of the initial potential are considered in more detail: flat potential, step potential and rectangular quantum well. The conditions are found for the existence of bound state in continuum in these cases, as well as the expressions for the wavefunction of this state and the corresponding complex potential in analytic form.     

Deep l-independent potentials from supersymmetric inversion

Central potentials, independent of both the energy and the angular momentum l, are constructed from elastic phase shifts. The ambiguities of a fixed- l inversion are exploited to fit the phase shifts of other partial waves. The fitted quantities are the energy and normalization constant of forbidden bound states, and the small-distance behavior of the potential. The method is based on supersymmetric transformations of the radial Schrodinger equation. It is applied to the alpha+alpha collision in nuclear physics, and to the e(-)+Ne collision in atomic physics.     

The supersymmetric WKB approximation for Hartmann potential

Using the method of supersymmetric WKB approximation, the energy spectrum of some noncentral separable potentials can be exactly obtained in r and θ dimensions. We take the Hartmann potential as an important example for its validation, and the result is consistent with that obtained by using the supersymmetric quantum mechanics and shape invariance.     

Supersymmetric patterns in the pseudospin, spin, and coulomb limits of the dirac equation with scalar and vector potentials

We show that the Dirac equation in (3+1) dimensions gives rise to supersymmetric patterns when the scalar and vector potentials are (i). Coulombic with arbitrary strengths or (ii). when their sum or difference is a constant, leading to relativistic pseudospin and spin symmetries. The conserved quantities and the common intertwining relation responsible for such patterns are discussed.     

The even and odd supersymmetric Hunter-Saxton and Liouville equations

It is shown that two different supersymmetric extensions of the Harry Dym equation lead to two different negative hierarchies of the supersymmetric integrable equations. While the first one yields the known even supersymmetric Hunter-Saxton equation, the second one is a new odd supersymmetric Hunter-Saxton equation. It is further proved that these two supersymmetric extensions of the Hunter-Saxton equation are reciprocally transformed to two different supersymmetric extensions of the Liouville equation.     

非简谐振子与新条件精确可解势

利用超对称性,由平移的非简谐振子构造出了多类新的条件精确可解势,并得到相应的非线性谱生成代数.