Abstract
We present a conditionally exactly solvable singular potential for the one-dimensional Schrödinger equation which involves the exactly solvable inverse square root potential. Each of the two fundamental solutions that compose the general solution of the problem is given by a linear combination with non-constant coefficients of two confluent hypergeometric functions. Discussing the bound-state wave functions vanishing both at infinity and in the origin, we derive the exact equation for the energy spectrum which is written using two Hermite functions of non-integer order. In specific auxiliary variables this equation becomes a mathematical equation that does not refer to a specific physical context discussed. In the two-dimensional space of these auxiliary variables the roots of this equation draw a countable infinite set of open curves with hyperbolic asymptotes. We present an analytic description of these curves by a transcendental algebraic equation for the involved variables. The intersections of the curves thus constructed with a certain cubic curve provide a highly accurate description of the energy spectrum.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 3786-3790 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics |
Volume | 380 |
Issue number | 45 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 25 Nov 2016 |
Keywords
- Bi-confluent Heun potentials
- Conditionally exactly solvable potentials
- Hermite function
- Inverse square root potential
- Stationary Schrödinger equation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy(all)