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A conditionally exactly solvable generalization of the inverse square root potential

Quantum Physics 2016-10-21 v2

Abstract

We present a conditionally exactly solvable singular potential for the one-dimensional Schr\"odinger equation which involves the exactly solvable inverse square root potential. Each of the two fundamental solutions that compose the general solution of the problem is given by a linear combination with non-constant coefficients of two confluent hypergeometric functions. Discussing the bound-state wave functions vanishing both at infinity and in the origin, we derive the exact equation for the energy spectrum which is written using two Hermite functions of non-integer order. In specific auxiliary variables this equation becomes a mathematical equation that does not refer to a specific physical context discussed. In the two-dimensional space of these auxiliary variables the roots of this equation draw a countable infinite set of open curves with hyperbolic asymptotes. We present an analytic description of these curves by a transcendental algebraic equation for the involved variables. The intersections of the curves thus constructed with a certain cubic curve provide a highly accurate description of the energy spectrum.

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@article{arxiv.1511.03565,
  title  = {A conditionally exactly solvable generalization of the inverse square root potential},
  author = {A. M. Ishkhanyan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.03565},
  year   = {2016}
}
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