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Symmetric Fermi-type potential

Quantum Physics 2019-07-03 v3

Abstract

We utilize the amenability of the Fermi-type potential profile in Schr{\"o}dinger equation to construct a symmetric one dimensional well as V(x)=Un/[1+exp[(xa)/b]], Un=Vn[1+exp[a/b]]V(x){=}{-}U_n/[1+\exp[(|x|{-}a)/b]], ~ U_n{=}V_n[1+\exp[-a/b]]. We define α=a/b, βn=b2mUn/\alpha=a/b, ~\beta_n {=}b\sqrt{2m U_n}/\hbar, we find βn\beta_n values for which critically the well has nn-node half bound state at E=0E{=}0. Consequently, this fixed well has nn number of bound states. Also we obtain a semi-classical expression G(α,β){\cal G}(\alpha,\beta) such that the Fermi well has either [G][\cal G] or [G]+1[{\cal G}]+1 number of bound states. Here [.][.] indicates the integer part. We also confirm the consistency of G\cal G with the number of s-wave neutron energy levels in a central (x(0,))x\in (0,\infty)) Fermi potential well.

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@article{arxiv.1904.02284,
  title  = {Symmetric Fermi-type potential},
  author = {Zafar Ahmed and Sachin Kumar and Tarit Goswami and Sarthak Hajirnis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1904.02284},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

Seven pages, 3 Figures and 3 Tables some new Refs. added, To appear in Am. J. Phys

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