Precise numerical solutions of potential problems using the Crank-Nicolson method

DOI10.1016/J.JCP.2007.11.028zbMATH Open1135.65354arXivphysics/0609176OpenAlexW1966696362MaRDI QIDQ2479490FDOQ2479490

Authors: Daekyoung Kang, Eugene J. S. Won 

Publication date: 26 March 2008

Published in: Journal of Computational Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A new numerical treatment in the Crank-Nicholson method with the imaginary time evolution operator is presented in order to solve the Schr"{o}dinger equation. The original time evolution technique is extended to a new operator that provides a systematic way to calculate not only eigenvalues of ground state but also of excited states. This new method systematically produces eigenvalues with accuracies of eleven digits with the Cornell potential that covers non-perturbative regime. An absolute error estimation technique based on a power counting rule is implemented. This method is examined with exactly solvable problems and produces the numerical accuracy down to 10${}^{-11}$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0609176

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zbMATH Keywords

eigenvaluesnumerical exampleserror estimationfinite differencesCrank-Nicolson methodimaginary timeprecise numerical calculationSchrödinger equation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Eigenvalues, estimation of eigenvalues, upper and lower bounds of ordinary differential operators (34L15) Particular ordinary differential operators (Dirac, one-dimensional Schrödinger, etc.) (34L40) Finite difference and finite volume methods for ordinary differential equations (65L12) Error bounds for numerical methods for ordinary differential equations (65L70) Numerical solution of eigenvalue problems involving ordinary differential equations (65L15)

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