Generation of exact analytic bound state solutions from solvable non-powerlaw potentials by a transformation method

A transformation method has been applied to the exactly solvable Hulthen problem to generate a hierarchy of exactly solved quantum systems in any chosen dimension. The generated quantum systems are, in general, energy-dependent with a single normalized eigenfunction, as the Hulthen potential is a non-powerlaw potential. A method has been devised to convert a subset of the generated quantum systems with energy-dependent potentials to a single normal system with an energy-independent potential that behaves like a potential qualitatively similar to the Poschl-Teller potential. A second-order application of the transformation method on the Hulthen system produces another Sturmian quantum system and a different method is given to regroup them into a normal quantum system which resembles the Morse potential. Existence of normalizable eigenfunctions for these systems are found to be dependent on the local and asymptotic behaviour of the transformation function. Received 30 August 2000 and Received in final form 16 March 2001     

Improvement of numerical integration algorithms by means of coordinate transformations

We study the effect of coordinate transformations on numerical integration algorithms and the Richardson extrapolation. Present method is based on Hermitian transformed eigenvalue equations and symmetrical tridiagonal matrices. Received 18 March 2002 / Received in final form 23 May 2002 Published online 24 September 2002     

Mixing of wavefunctions in rectangular microwave billiards

A set-up is described allowing the automatic registration of wavefunctions of quasi-two-dimensional microwave billiards of arbitrary shape. Tests of the apparatus with rectangular shaped billiards showed that a precision of some percent in the wavefunction amplitudes can be obtained, as far as isolated resonances are considered. For the case of overlapping resonances, however, the measurement yields wavefunctions which are close to a symmetric and an antisymmetric linear combination of the original rectangle eigenfunctions. The cause for this at first sight surprising result is discussed. Received 21 January 2000     

Anharmonic oscillators energies via artificial perturbation method

A new pseudoperturbative (artificial in nature) methodical proposal [#!ref15!#] is used to solve for Schr?dinger equation with a class of phenomenologically useful and methodically challenging anharmonic oscillator potentials . The effect of the [#!ref4!#,#!ref5!#] Padé approximant on the leading eigenenergy term is studied. Comparison with results from numerical (exact) and several eligible (approximation) methods is made. Received 2 July 1999 and Received in final form 18 November 1999     

Resonance split of ballistic conductance peaks in electric and magnetic superlattices

Resonant peak splitting for ballistic conductance in finite electric superlattices (ES) and magnetic superlattices (MS) was investigated theoretically. It is shown that, for electron tunneling through the ES (MS) of identical n electric (magnetic) barriers, the resonance split of the conductance peak is (n–1)-fold; while for electron tunneling through the ES (MS) made of two different barriers, one resonant window of the former splits into two subwindows, within each of which the resonance split is (m–1)-fold, where m is the number of the renormalized building blocks consisting of two different barriers of the latter. Received 15 February 2000     

Effect of ordering ambiguity in constructing the Schrödinger equation on perturbation theory

This work explores the application of perturbation formalism, developed for isotropic velocity-dependent potentials, to three-dimensional Schr?dinger equations obtained using different orderings of the Hamiltonian. It is found that the formalism is applicable to Schr?dinger equations corresponding to three possible ordering ambiguities. The validity of the derived expressions is verified by considering examples admitting exact solutions. The perturbative results agree quite well with the exactly obtained ones.     

Perturbation theory for isotropic velocity-dependent potentials: Bound-states case

Starting from the time-independent Schr?dinger equation we develop formulae for the changes in the bound-state energies in the presence of an isotropic, velocity-dependent perturbing potential. The corresponding changes in the wave functions are also obtained. Unlike the case of the standard perturbation theory, determination of the changes in the energy and the wave function of a state only requires knowledge of the unperturbed ground-state wave function in addition to the perturbing potential. Evaluations of the energy changes and the corresponding wave functions are given for two examples in the s-wave case.     

Wronskian perturbation theory

We develop a perturbation method that generalizes an approach proposed recently to treat velocity-dependent quantum-mechanical models. In order to test the present approach we apply it to some simple trivial and nontrivial examples.     

Numerical calculation of energies of some excited states in a helium atom

The energies of some excited states with the total angular momentum L=0, 1 and 2. the total spin of two electrons S=0 and 1, and the even and odd parities are precisely calculated directly from the Schrödinger equation where the mass of the helium nucleus is finite. Moreover, we find that the solutions to the equation for the excited states have some more nodes, which can be used to distinguish the states with the same spectral term.     

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.     

Solving Bethe-Salpeter equation in Minkowski space

We develop a new method of solving the Bethe-Salpeter (BS) equation in Minkowski space. It is based on projecting the BS equation on the light-front (LF) plane and on the Nakanishi integral representation of the BS amplitude. This method is valid for any kernel given by the irreducible Feynman graphs. For massless ladder exchange, our approach reproduces analytically the Wick-Cutkosky equation. For massive ladder exchange, the numerical results coincide with the ones obtained by Wick rotation.     

Cross-ladder effects in Bethe-Salpeter and light-front equations

The Bethe-Salpeter (BS) equation in Minkowski space for scalar particles is solved for a kernel given by a sum of ladder and cross-ladder exchanges. The solution of corresponding light-front (LF) equation, where we add the time-ordered stretched boxes, is also obtained. Cross-ladder contributions are found to be very large and attractive, whereas the influence of stretched boxes is negligible. Both approaches --BS and LF-- give very close results.     

Perturbation theory for velocity-dependent potentials

In the presence of a velocity-dependent Kisslinger potential, the partial-wave, time-independent Schr?dinger equation with real boundary conditions is written as an equation for the probability density. The changes in the bound-state energy eigenvalues due to the addition of small perturbations in the local as well as the Kisslinger potentials are determined up to second order in the perturbation. These changes are determined purely in terms of the unperturbed probability density, the perturbing local potential, as well as the Kisslinger perturbing potential and its gradient. The dependence on the gradient of the Kisslinger potential stresses the importance of a diffuse edge in nuclei. Two explicit examples are presented to examine the validity of the perturbation formulas. The first assumes each of the local and velocity-dependent parts of the potential to be a finite square well. In the second example, the velocity-dependent potential takes the form of a harmonic oscillator. In both cases the energy eigenvalues are determined exactly and then by using perturbation theory. The agreement between the exact energy eigenvalues and those obtained by perturbation theory is very satisfactory. Received: 24 May 2002 / Accepted: 15 July 2002 / Published online: 3 December 2002 RID="a" ID="a"e-mail: mij@hu.edu.jo Communicated by V. Vento     

Levinson's theorem for the Klein-Gordon equation in one dimension

In terms of the modified Sturm-Liouville theorem, the Levinson theorem for the one-dimensional Klein-Gordon equation with a symmetric potential V(x) is established. It is shown that the number N₊ (N_-) of bound states with even (odd) parity is related to the phase shift of the scattering states with the same parity at zero momentum as and The solution of the one-dimensional Klein-Gordon equation with the energy M or -M is called as a half bound state if it is finite but does not decay fast enough at infinity to be square integrable. Received 22 December 1999     

Optical potential discrete variable representation method in the adiabatic representation

The optical potential discrete variable representation method (OP-DVR) has been applied recently to calculate resonances in the framework of the diabatic representation [J. Chem. Phys. 101, 7580 (1994)]. This method is based on the conjoint use of the discrete variable representation (DVR) method and the properties of a complex absorbing potential (CAP). The OP-DVR method is the DVR version of the CAP stabilization method initially proposed by Jolicard and Austin [Chem. Phys. Lett. 121, 106 (1985)]. In the present study, we show that this efficient and accurate method can also be applied within the adiabatic representation since it allows one to overcome in a simple way, numerical difficulties associated with the first derivative operator which appears in the expression of non adiabatic couplings. Within the OP-DVR method, the choice of the representation (diabatic or adiabatic) is governed by physical arguments and by the fact that the potentials and the couplings are known in one or the other of these two representations. In the case where the potentials and the couplings are obtained in the adiabatic representation, we show in this paper that the transformation into the diabatic framework is not necessary. We demonstrate that the discrete variable representation can be a simple and an efficient way to deal with the adiabatic representation. Received: 30 April 1998 / Revised: 29 September 1998 /Accepted: 21 October 1998     

Energy levels of a particle confined in a super-circular box

We find the energy levels of a free particle confined in a two dimensional infinite potential well having super-circular boundary (|x|ⁿ+|y|ⁿ=aⁿ where n is a rational number and a is a positive real number) by perturbing about the equivalent circle (n=2). The ground state energies are very accurate over a wide range of n and can be improved further by introducing a phenomenological constant determined from the knowledge of exact results available for diamond (n=1). For excited states, we find that the shape effect can cause parametric resonance which can lead to singlet-triplet crossing.     

Accurate summation of the perturbation series for periodic eigenvalue problems

We show that algebraic approximants prove suitable for the summation of the perturbation series for the eigenvalues of periodic problems. Appropriate algebraic approximants constructed from the perturbation series for a given eigenvalue provide information about other eigenvalues connected with the chosen one by branch points in the complex plane. Such approximants also give those branch points with remarkable accuracy. We choose Mathieu's equation as illustrative example. Received 6 December 2000     

Exact Klein-Gordon equation with spatially dependent masses for unequal scalar-vector Coulomb-like potentials

We study the effect of spatially dependent mass functions over the solution of the Klein-Gordon equation in the (3 + 1 -dimensions for spinless bosonic particles where the mixed scalar-vector Coulomb-like field potentials and masses are directly proportional and inversely proportional to the distance from the force center. The exact bound-state energy eigenvalues and the corresponding wave functions of the Klein-Gordon equation for mixed scalar-vector and pure scalar Coulomb-like field potentials are obtained by means of the Nikiforov-Uvarov (NU) method. The energy spectrum is discussed for different scalar-vector potential mixing cases and also for the constant-mass case.