Extension of Bertrand’s theorem and factorization of the radial Schrödinger equation

DOI10.1063/1.532568zbMATH Open0935.81017arXivquant-ph/9812077OpenAlexW3104906072MaRDI QIDQ4701481FDOQ4701481

Authors: Zuobing Wu, Jinyan Zeng 

Publication date: 21 November 1999

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

Abstract: The Bertrand's theorem is extended, i.e. closed orbits still may exist for other central potentials than the power law Coulomb potential and isotropic harmonic oscillator. It is shown that for the combined potential $V(r)=W(r)+b/r^2$ ($W(r)=a{r}^u$), when (and only when) $W(r)$ is the Coulomb potential or isotropic harmonic oscillator, closed orbits still exist for suitable angular momentum. The correspondence between the closeness of classical orbits and the existence of raising and lowering operators derived from the factorization of the radial Schr"odinger equation is investigated.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9812077

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zbMATH Keywords

closed orbitsBertrand theoremradial Schrödinger equation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Two-body problems (70F05) Symmetries and conservation laws, reverse symmetries, invariant manifolds and their bifurcations, reduction for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H33) Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05)

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• Factorization of the radial Schrödinger equation and four kinds of raising and lowering operators of hydrogen atoms and isotropic harmonic oscillators.

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