The two lowest eigenvalues of the harmonic oscillator in the presence of a Gaussian perturbation

DOI10.1140/EPJP/S13360-020-00761-6arXiv2005.09245MaRDI QIDQ6340997FDOQ6340997

Authors: Silvestro Fassari, Luis-Miguel Nieto, Fabio Rinaldi 

Publication date: 19 May 2020

Abstract: In this note we consider a one-dimensional quantum mechanical particle constrained by a parabolic well perturbed by a Gaussian potential. As the related Birman-Schwinger operator is trace class, the Fredholm determinant can be exploited in order to compute the modified eigenenergies which differ from those of the harmonic oscillator due to the presence of the Gaussian perturbation. By taking advantage of Wang's results on scalar products of four eigenfunctions of the harmonic oscillator, it is possible to evaluate quite accurately the two lowest-lying eigenvalues as functions of the coupling constant $lambda$.

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