A basis for variational calculations inddimensions

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/37/48/008zbMATH Open1064.81023arXivmath-ph/0410035OpenAlexW3099796963MaRDI QIDQ4660435FDOQ4660435

Authors: Nasser Saad, Richard L. Hall, Qutaibeh Katatbeh 

Publication date: 21 March 2005

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

Abstract: In this paper we derive expressions for matrix elements (phi_i,Hphi_j) for the Hamiltonian H=-Delta+sum_q a(q)r^q in d > 1 dimensions. The basis functions in each angular momentum subspace are of the form phi_i(r)=r^{i+1+(t-d)/2}e^{-r^p/2}, i >= 0, p > 0, t > 0. The matrix elements are given in terms of the Gamma function for all d. The significance of the parameters t and p and scale s are discussed. Applications to a variety of potentials are presented, including potentials with singular repulsive terms of the form b/r^a, a,b > 0, perturbed Coulomb potentials -D/r + B r + Ar^2, and potentials with weak repulsive terms, such as -g r^2 + r^4, g > 0.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0410035

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational principles of physics (49S05) Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05)

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