Two charges on a plane in a magnetic field: hidden algebra, (particular) integrability, polynomial eigenfunctions
Abstract
The quantum mechanics of two Coulomb charges on a plane and subject to a constant magnetic field perpendicular to the plane is considered. Four integrals of motion are explicitly indicated. It is shown that for two physically-important particular cases, namely that of two particles of equal Larmor frequencies, (e.g. two electrons) and one of a neutral system (e.g. the electron - positron pair, Hydrogen atom) at rest (the center-of-mass momentum is zero) some outstanding properties occur. They are the most visible in double polar coordinates in CMS and relative coordinate systems: (i) eigenfunctions are factorizable, all factors except one with the explicit -dependence are found analytically, they have definite relative angular momentum, (ii) dynamics in -direction is the same for both systems, it corresponds to a funnel-type potential and it has hidden algebra; at some discrete values of dimensionless magnetic fields , (iii) particular integral(s) occur, (iv) the hidden algebra emerges in finite-dimensional representation, thus, the system becomes {\it quasi-exactly-solvable} and (v) a finite number of polynomial eigenfunctions in appear. Nine families of eigenfunctions are presented explicitly.
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@article{arxiv.1303.2345,
title = {Two charges on a plane in a magnetic field: hidden algebra, (particular) integrability, polynomial eigenfunctions},
author = {A. V. Turbiner and M. A. Escobar-Ruiz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1303.2345},
year = {2017}
}
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20 pages