Published 1975 | Version v1
Journal article

Virial theorem with boundary conditions applications to the harmonic oscillator and to sine-shaped potentials

  • 1. Univ., Nancy

Description

New objective formulations of the quantum virial theorem rise from a parallelism drawn with d'Alembert's principle. In particular, boundary conditions correspond to constraints whose virial give a complementary term to the usual formulation of the quantum virial theorem. Two examples are examined, first the non-Coulombic and nonperiodical harmonic oscillator for which all the virials can be calculated and compared; second the periodical sine-shaped potential connected with Mathieu's functions, for which only the complementary term due to the cyclic conditions is investigated, showing that its importance is varying from zero to twice the mean kinetic energy when the amplitude of the interaction is vanishing, in the limiting free-electron case. A remark is also made about normalization and the use of mean energy values over a part of space, when mathematical integration is stoped on a surface (partitioning of a molecule, for example) or on a cell in periodical solid-state problems

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Int. J. Quant. Chem., Symp.
Journal Issue
no.9
Series
Int. J. Quant. Chem., Symp.

Conference

Title
Proceedings of the international symposium on atomic, molecular, and solid-state theory and quantum statistics.
Dates
19 Jan 1975.
Place
Sanibel Island, FL, USA.

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
7249690
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
HARMONIC OSCILLATOR MODELS; HARMONIC OSCILLATORS; MATHIEU EQUATION; QUANTUM MECHANICS; VIRIAL THEOREM
Descriptors DEC
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICS