Algebraic derivation of Kramers–Pasternack relations based on the Schrödinger factorization method

DOI10.1088/1361-6404/ABD228zbMATH Open1523.81068arXiv2007.11158OpenAlexW3110937458MaRDI QIDQ6163473FDOQ6163473

Authors: Tomasz Szymanski, J. K. Freericks 

Publication date: 9 June 2023

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

Abstract: The Kramers-Pasternack relations are used to compute the moments of r (both positive and negative) for all radial energy eigenfunctions of hydrogenic atoms. They consist of two algebraic recurrence relations, one for positive powers and one for negative. Most derivations employ the Feynman-Hellman theorem or a brute-force integration to determine the second inverse moment, which is needed to complete the recurrence relations for negative moments. In this work, we show both how to derive the recurrence relations algebraically and how to determine the second inverse moment algebraically, which removes the pedagogical confusion associated with differentiating the Hamiltonian with respect to the angular momentum quantum number l in order to find the inverse second moment.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2007.11158

zbMATH Keywords

hydrogenFeynman-Hellmann theoremradial momentsKramers-Pasternack relationSchrödinger factorization method

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Estimates of eigenvalues in context of PDEs (35P15) Hamilton's equations (70H05) Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) Atomic physics (81V45) Factorization (11Y05) Numerical aspects of recurrence relations (65Q30) Numerical radial basis function approximation (65D12)

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