Some properties of WKB series

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/33/28/312zbMATH Open1005.81030arXivnlin/0003069OpenAlexW2044385102MaRDI QIDQ4520709FDOQ4520709

Authors: Marko Robnik, Valery G. Romanovski 

Publication date: 13 December 2000

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We investigate some properties of the WKB series for arbitrary analytic potentials and then specifically for potentials $x^N$ ($N$ even), where more explicit formulae for the WKB terms are derived. Our main new results are: (i) We find the explicit functional form for the general WKB terms $sigm{a_k}^{\prime }$, where one has only to solve a general recursion relation for the rational coefficients. (ii) We give a systematic algorithm for a dramatic simplification of the integrated WKB terms $ointsigm{a_k}^{\prime }dx$ that enter the energy eigenvalue equation. (iii) We derive almost explicit formulae for the WKB terms for the energy eigenvalues of the homogeneous power law potentials $V(x)=x^N$, where $N$ is even. In particular, we obtain effective algorithms to compute and reduce the terms of these series.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/nlin/0003069

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zbMATH Keywords

algorithmpolynomial potentialsanalytic potentialsrecursion relation for the rational coefficients

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Semiclassical techniques, including WKB and Maslov methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81Q20) Singular perturbations, turning point theory, WKB methods for ordinary differential equations (34E20)

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