Effective polar potential in the central force Schrodinger equation

Details Effective polar potential in the central force Schrodinger equation Effective polar potential in the central force Schrodinger equation

2010-01-20

arxiv.org/abs/1001.3693v1

M S Shikakhwa et al 2010 Eur. J. Phys. 31 151-156

Physics

Quantum Physics

This is an author-created, un-copyedited version of an article accepted for publication in European Journal of Physics

Scientific paper

10.1088/0143-0807/31/1/014

The angular part of the Schrodinger equation for a central potential is brought to the one-dimensional 'Schrodinger form' where one has a kinetic energy plus potential energy terms. The resulting polar potential is seen to be a family of potentials characterized by the square of the magnetic quantum number m. It is demonstrated that this potential can be viewed as a confining potential that attempts to confine the particle to the xy-plane, with a strength that increases with increasing m. Linking the solutions of the equation to the conventional solutions of the angular equation, i.e. the associated Legendre functions, we show that the variation in the spatial distribution of the latter for different values of the orbital angular quantum number l can be viewed as being a result of 'squeezing' with different strengths by the introduced 'polar potential'.

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