Coulomb plus power-law potentials in quantum mechanics

Details Coulomb plus power-law potentials in quantum mechanics Coulomb plus power-law potentials in quantum mechanics

2003-05-08

arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0305018v1

J. Phys. A 36, 7001-7007 (2003)

Physics

Mathematical Physics

11 pages, 3 figures

Scientific paper

10.1088/0305-4470/36/25/307

We study the discrete spectrum of the Hamiltonian H = -Delta + V(r) for the Coulomb plus power-law potential V(r)=-1/r+ beta sgn(q)r^q, where beta > 0, q > -2 and q \ne 0. We show by envelope theory that the discrete eigenvalues E_{n\ell} of H may be approximated by the semiclassical expression E_{n\ell}(q) \approx min_{r>0}\{1/r^2-1/(mu r)+ sgn(q) beta(nu r)^q}. Values of mu and nu are prescribed which yield upper and lower bounds. Accurate upper bounds are also obtained by use of a trial function of the form, psi(r)= r^{\ell+1}e^{-(xr)^{q}}. We give detailed results for V(r) = -1/r + beta r^q, q = 0.5, 1, 2 for n=1, \ell=0,1,2, along with comparison eigenvalues found by direct numerical methods.

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