Bound state eigenfunctions need to vanish faster than $|x|^{-3/2}$
Quantum Physics
2016-06-22 v2
Abstract
In quantum mechanics students are taught to practice that eigenfunction of a physical bound state must be continuous and vanishing asymptotically so that it is normalizable in . Here we caution that such states may also give rise to infinite uncertainty in position , whereas remains finite. Such states may be called loosely bound and spatially extended states that may be avoided by an additional condition that the eigenfunction vanishes asymptotically faster than .
Cite
@article{arxiv.1605.05902,
title = {Bound state eigenfunctions need to vanish faster than $|x|^{-3/2}$},
author = {Zafar Ahmed},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1605.05902},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
One Fig. (3 parts), 6 pages, Text around Eq. (13,14) modified