ISSN:
1432-2234
Keywords:
Coulomb, Kratzer, Sommerfeld, and Hartmann potentials
;
canonical transformations
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Abstract This paper is concerned with the three-dimensional potentialV q =ησ2 (2a 0/r−q ηa 0 2/r 2 sin2 θ) ε0 which comprises as particular cases the ring-shaped potential (q = 1) and the Coulomb potential (q = 0). The Schrödinger equation for the potentialV q is transformed via a nonbijective canonical transformation, viz., the Kustaanheimo-Stiefel transformation, into a coupled pair of Schrödinger equations for two-dimensional harmonic oscillators with inverse-square potentials. As a consequence, the discrete spectrum for the potentialV q is obtained in a straightforward way. A special attention is paid to the caseq = 0. In particular, the coupled pair of Schrödinger equations for two-dimensional harmonic oscillators is tackled in the situations where the spectrum for the potentialV 0 is discrete, continuous, or reduced to the zero point. Finally, some group-theoretical questions about the potentialV q are mentioned as well as a connection, via the Kustaanheimo-Stiefel and the Levi-Civita transformations, between the quantum-mechanical problems for the potentialV q and the Sommerfeld and Kratzer potentials.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00577137
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