Published December 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

A limit of the confluent Heun equation and the Schroedinger equation for an inverted potential and for an electric dipole

  • 1. Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas (CBPF), Rua Dr. Xavier Sigaud, 150, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro CEP 22290-180 (Brazil)

Description

We re-examine and extend a group of solutions in series of Bessel functions for a limiting case of the confluent Heun equation and, then, apply such solutions to the one-dimensional Schroedinger equation with an inverted quasiexactly solvable potential as well as to the angular equation for an electron in the field of a point electric dipole. For the first problem we find finite- and infinite-series solutions which are convergent and bounded for any value of the independent variable. For the angular equation, we also find expansions in series of Jacobi polynomials.

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Journal Title
Journal of Mathematical Physics
Journal Volume
50
Journal Issue
12
Journal Page Range
p. 123511-123511.22
ISSN
0022-2488
CODEN
JMAPAQ

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41040588
Subject category
S97: MATHEMATICAL METHODS AND COMPUTING;
Descriptors DEI
BESSEL FUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC DIPOLES; ELECTRONS; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; POLYNOMIALS; SCHROEDINGER EQUATION
Descriptors DEC
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DIPOLES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EQUATIONS; FERMIONS; FUNCTIONS; LEPTONS; MULTIPOLES; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; WAVE EQUATIONS

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