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A maximally superintegrable deformation of the N-dimensional quantum Kepler-Coulomb system

Mathematical Physics 2015-06-17 v1 math.MP Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems Quantum Physics

Abstract

The NN-dimensional quantum Hamiltonian H^=2q2(η+q)2kη+q \hat{H} = -\frac{\hbar^2 {|\mathbf{q} } | }{2(\eta +| {\mathbf{q}} |)} {\mathbf{\nabla}}^2 - \frac{k}{\eta + |{\mathbf{q}} |} is shown to be exactly solvable for any real positive value of the parameter η\eta. Algebraically, this Hamiltonian system can be regarded as a new maximally superintegrable η\eta-deformation of the NN-dimensional Kepler-Coulomb Hamiltonian while, from a geometric viewpoint, this superintegrable Hamiltonian can be interpreted as a system on an NN-dimensional Riemannian space with nonconstant curvature. The eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of the model are explicitly obtained, and the spectrum presents a hydrogen-like shape for positive values of the deformation parameter η\eta and of the coupling constant kk.

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@article{arxiv.1310.6554,
  title  = {A maximally superintegrable deformation of the N-dimensional quantum Kepler-Coulomb system},
  author = {Angel Ballesteros and Alberto Enciso and Francisco J. Herranz and Orlando Ragnisco and Danilo Riglioni},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1310.6554},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

10 pages, 1 figure. Based on the contribution presented at "XXIst International Conference on Integrable Systems and Quantum symmetries (ISQS-21)", June 12-16, 2013, Prague, Czech Republic