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Anharmonic oscillator and double-well potential: approximating eigenfunctions

Mathematical Physics 2009-11-11 v1 Statistical Mechanics High Energy Physics - Theory math.MP Quantum Physics

Abstract

A simple uniform approximation of the logarithmic derivative of the ground state eigenfunction for both the quantum-mechanical anharmonic oscillator and the double-well potential given by V=m2x2+gx4V= m^2 x^2+g x^4 at arbitrary g0g \geq 0 for m2>0m^2>0 and m2<0m^2<0, respectively, is presented. It is shown that if this approximation is taken as unperturbed problem it leads to an extremely fast convergent perturbation theory.

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@article{arxiv.math-ph/0506033,
  title  = {Anharmonic oscillator and double-well potential: approximating eigenfunctions},
  author = {Alexander V Turbiner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/0506033},
  year   = {2009}
}

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14 pages, 3 figures, 2 tables