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Zero Energy Solutions and Vortices in Schroedinger Equations

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2016-08-31 v4 Materials Science

Abstract

All two-dimensional Schr\"{o}dinger equations with symmetric potentials \break (Va(ρ)=a2gaρ2(a1)/2withρ=x2+y2anda0)(V_a(\rho)=-a^2g_a \rho ^{2(a-1)/2} {with} \rho=\sqrt{x^2+y^2} {and} a\not=0) is shown to have zero energy states contained in conjugate spaces of Gel'fand triplets. For the zero energy eigenvalue the equations for all aa are reduced to the same equation representing two-dimensional free motions in the constant potential Va=gaV_a=-g_a in terms of the conformal mappings of ζa=za\zeta_a=z^a with z=x+iyz=x+iy. Namely, the zero energy eigenstates are described by the plane waves with the fixed wave numbers ka=mga/k_a=\sqrt{mg_a}/\hbar in the mapped spaces. All the zero energy states are infinitely degenerate as same as the case of the parabolic potential barrier (PPB) shown in ref. \cite{sk4}. Following hydrodynamical arguments, we see that such states describe stationary flows round the origin, which are represented by the complex velocity potentials W=pazaW=p_a z^a, (pap_a being a complex number) and their linear combinations create almost arbitrary vortex patterns. Examples of the vortex patterns in constant potntials and PPB are presented.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0103209,
  title  = {Zero Energy Solutions and Vortices in Schroedinger Equations},
  author = {Tsunehiro Kobayashi and Toshiki Shimbori},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0103209},
  year   = {2016}
}

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12 pages, 4 figures

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