The auxiliary field method in quantum mechanics

DOI10.4303/JPM/P120601MaRDI QIDQ2453594zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Fabien Buisseret, Claude Semay, Bernard Silvestre-Brac

Publication date 10 June 2014

Published in Journal of Physical Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1101.5222, https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.jpm/1359382674

zbMATH Keywords

closed and approximate solutionsclosed and approximate solutions to Dirac equationclosed and approximate solutions to Klein-Gordon equationMaslov methodquantum theorysemiclassical techniquessolutions to Schrödinger equationWKB method

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) Semiclassical techniques, including WKB and Maslov methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81Q20)

Abstract: The auxiliary field method is a new technique to obtain closed formulae for the solutions of eigenequations in quantum mechanics. The idea is to replace a Hamiltonian $H$ for which analytical solutions are not known by another one $ildeH$, including one or more auxiliary fields. For instance, a potential $V(r)$ not solvable is replaced by another one $P(r)$ more familiar, or a semirelativistic kinetic part is replaced by an equivalent nonrelativistic one. The approximation comes from the replacement of the auxiliary fields by pure real constants. The approximant solutions for $H$, eigenvalues and eigenfunctions, are then obtained by the solutions of $ildeH$ in which the auxiliary parameters are eliminated by an extremization procedure for the eigenenergies. If $$ and if $P(r)$ is a power law, the approximate eigenvalues can be written $T(p_0)+V(r_0)$, where the mean impulsion $p_0$ is a function of the mean distance $r_0$ and where $r_0$ is determined by an equation which is linked to the generalized virial theorem. The general properties of the method are studied and the connections with the envelope theory presented. This method is first applied to nonrelativistic and semirelativistic two-body systems, with a great variety of potentials. Closed formulae are produced for energies, eigenstates, various observables and critical constants, with sometimes a very good accuracy. The method is then used to solve nonrelativistic and semirelativistic many-body systems with one-body and two-body interactions. For such cases, analytical solutions can only be obtained for systems of identical particles, but several systems of interest for atomic and hadronic physics are studied. General results concerning the many-body critical constants are presented, as well as duality relations existing between approximate and exact eigenvalues.

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