A product formula for the eigenfunctions of a quartic oscillator

DOI10.1016/J.JMAA.2015.02.014MaRDI QIDQ2264005zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Martin Hallnäs, Edwin Langmann

Publication date 19 March 2015

Published in Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1312.3493

zbMATH Keywords

asymptotic expansionskernel functionsproduct formulaquartic oscillator

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Bessel and Airy functions, cylinder functions, ({}_0F_1) (33C10) Eigenfunctions, eigenfunction expansions, completeness of eigenfunctions of ordinary differential operators (34L10)

Abstract: We consider the Schr"odinger operator on the real line with an even quartic potential. Our main result is a product formula of the type $ps{i}_k(x)ps{i}_k(y)=in{t}_{mathbbR}ps{i}_k(z)mathcalK(x,y,z)dz$ for its eigenfunctions $ps{i}_k$. The kernel function $mathcalK$ is given explicitly in terms of the Airy function $mathrmAi(x)$, and is positive for appropriate parameter values. As an application, we obtain a particular asymptotic expansion of the eigenfunctions $ps{i}_k$.

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Let \(\psi_k\), \(k\in\mathbb{N}_0\), be the eigenfunction (unique up to a constant) pertaining to the \(k\)th eigenvalue of the anharmonic oscillator. It is even (odd) if \(k\) is even (odd). The authors observe that due to its reflection properties the product \(\psi_k(x)\psi_k(y)\) gives rise to a partial differential equation which allows a separation in the variables \(u=xy\), \(v={1\over 2}(x^2+ y^2)\), one equation having exponentials as solutions, the other being Airy's equation. Thus they are able to write this product as an integral over \(\psi_k\) and a kernel which is explicitly given in terms of an exponential and an Airy function.

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