Eigenstates with the auxiliary field method
Abstract
The auxiliary field method is a powerful technique to obtain approximate closed-form energy formulas for eigenequations in quantum mechanics. Very good results can be obtained for Schr\"odinger and semirelativistic Hamiltonians with various potentials, even in the case of many-body problems. This method can also provide approximate eigenstates in terms of well known wavefunctions, for instance harmonic oscillator or hydrogen-like states, but with a characteristic size which depends on quantum numbers. In this paper, we consider two-body Schr\"odinger equations with linear, logarithmic and exponential potentials and show that analytical approximations of the corresponding eigenstates can be obtained with the auxiliary field method, with a very good accuracy in some cases.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1001.1706,
title = {Eigenstates with the auxiliary field method},
author = {Claude Semay and Bernard Silvestre-Brac},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1001.1706},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
Extended version published in J. Phys. A