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Supersymmetric partner potentials arising from nodeless half bound states

Quantum Physics 2017-01-19 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

A Half Bound State (HBS) ψ(x)\psi_*(x) can be defined as a single, conditional, zero-energy, continuous solution of the one dimensional Schr{\"o}dinger equation for a scattering potential well V(x)V(x) (s.t V(±)=0s.t ~ V(\pm \infty)=0). The non-normalizable and solitary HBS of a potential satisfies Neumann boundary condition that ψ(±)=0\psi'_*(\pm \infty)=0 and it can have nn (= 0,1,2,...) number of nodes indicating nn number of bound states in V(x)V(x) below E=0E=0. Here we show that starting with a nodeless HBS, we can construct a (supersymmetric) pair of finite potentials (well, double wells, well-barrier): V±(x)V_{\pm}(x) having no bound state and they enclose positive area on xx-axis. On the contrary their negative counterparts (cV±(x)),c>0(-cV_{\pm}(x)),c>0 do have at least one bound state for any arbitrary positive value of cc. Furthermore, cV±(x), c>0c V_{\pm}(x),~ c >0 which binds positive area on x-axis in conformity with Simon's theorem can have at least one bound state only conditionally for instance when c>1c>1 or c>>1c>>1.

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@article{arxiv.1612.07081,
  title  = {Supersymmetric partner potentials arising from nodeless half bound states},
  author = {Zafar Ahmed and Dhruv Sharma and Rahul Kaiwart and Mohammad Irfan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1612.07081},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

7 pages, 3 figures, an important change regarding at least one bound state in one dimension

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