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The rotating harmonic oscillator revisited

Quantum Physics 2020-10-06 v2

Abstract

We analyze the distribution of the eigenvalues of the quantum-mechanical rotating harmonic oscillator by means of the Frobenius method. A suitable ansatz leads to a three-term recurrence relation for the expansion coefficients. Truncation of the series yields some particular eigenvalues and eigenfunctions in exact analytical form. The former can be organized in such a way that one obtains suitable information about the whole spectrum of the model.

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@article{arxiv.2007.11695,
  title  = {The rotating harmonic oscillator revisited},
  author = {Francisco M. Fernández},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2007.11695},
  year   = {2020}
}
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