Published May 7, 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

The generalized quantum isotonic oscillator

Creators

  • 1. Departamento de Fisica Teorica, Facultad de Ciencias, 50009, Zaragoza (Spain)

Description

Recently, it has been proved that a nonlinear quantum oscillator, generalization of the isotonic one, is exactly solvable for certain values of its parameters. Here, we show that the Schroedinger equation for such an oscillator can be transformed into a confluent Heun equation. We give a very simple and efficient algorithm to solve it numerically, no matter what the values of the parameters are. Algebraic quasi-polynomial solutions, for particular values of the parameters, are found.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1751-8113/43/18/185303

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/1751-8113/43/18/185303;
PII
S1751-8113(10)41862-4;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and Theoretical (Online)
Journal Volume
43
Journal Issue
18
Journal Page Range
[14 p.]
ISSN
1751-8121