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Special rectangular (double-well and hole) potentials

Quantum Physics 2014-02-03 v1

Abstract

We revisit a rectangular barrier as well as a rectangular well (pit) between two rigid walls. The former is the well known double-well potential and the latter is a hole potential. Let V0|V_0| be the height (depth) of the barrier (well) then for a fixed geometry of the potential, we show that in the double-well, E=V0(>0)E=V_0(>0), and in the hole potential (V0<0V_0 <0), E=0E=0, can be energy eigenvalues provided V0V_0 admits some special discrete values. These states have been missed out earlier which emerge only when one seeks the special zero-energy solution of one-dimensional Schr{\"o}dinger equation as ψ(x)=Bx+C\psi(x)=Bx+C.

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@article{arxiv.1401.8070,
  title  = {Special rectangular (double-well and hole) potentials},
  author = {Zafar Ahmed and Tanayveer Bhatia and Shashin Pavaskar and Achint Kumar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1401.8070},
  year   = {2014}
}

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15 pages, seven figures and 2 Tables

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