The Laplace method for energy eigenvalue problems in quantum mechanics

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2208.07433v1
• Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2022 21:01:52 GMT
• Title: The Laplace method for energy eigenvalue problems in quantum mechanics
• Authors: Jeremy Canfield, Anna Galler, and James K. Freericks
• Abstract summary: We present an alternative way to solve problems based on the Laplace method. It was originally used by Schroedinger when he solved for the wavefunctions of hydrogen.
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• Abstract: Quantum mechanics has about a dozen exactly solvable potentials. Normally, the time-independent Schroedinger equation for them is solved by using a generalized series solution for the bound states (using the Froebenius method) and then an analytic continuation for the continuum states (if present). In this work, we present an alternative way to solve these problems, based on the Laplace method. This technique uses a similar procedure for the bound states and for the continuum states. It was originally used by Schroedinger when he solved for the wavefunctions of hydrogen. Dirac advocated using this method too. We discuss why it is a powerful approach for graduate students to learn and describe how it can be employed to solve all problems whose wavefunctions are represented in terms of confluent hypergeometric functions.

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