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Symmetric Morse potential is exactly solvable

Mathematical Physics 2016-11-29 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory Classical Analysis and ODEs math.MP Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems Quantum Physics

Abstract

Morse potential VM(x)=g2exp(2x)g(2h+1)exp(x)V_M(x)= g^2\exp (2x)-g(2h+1)\exp(x) is defined on the full line, <x<-\infty<x<\infty and it defines an exactly solvable 1-d quantum mechanical system with finitely many discrete eigenstates. By taking its right half 0x<0\le x<\infty and glueing it with the left half of its mirror image VM(x)V_M(-x), <x0-\infty<x\le0, the symmetric Morse potential V(x)=g2exp(2x)g(2h+1)exp(x)V(x)= g^2\exp (2|x|)-g(2h+1)\exp(|x|) is obtained. The quantum mechanical system of this piecewise analytic potential has infinitely many discrete eigenstates with the corresponding eigenfunctions given by the Whittaker W function. The eigenvalues are the square of the zeros of the Whittaker function Wk,ν(x)W_{k,\nu}(x) and its linear combination with Wk,ν(x)W'_{k,\nu}(x) as a function of ν\nu with fixed kk and xx. This quantum mechanical system seems to offer an interesting example for discussing the Hilbert-P\'olya conjecture on the pure imaginary zeros of Riemann zeta function on Re(s)=12(s)=\tfrac12.

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@article{arxiv.1611.05952,
  title  = {Symmetric Morse potential is exactly solvable},
  author = {Ryu Sasaki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1611.05952},
  year   = {2016}
}

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