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Molecular Physics
An International Journal at the Interface Between Chemistry and Physics
Volume 114, 2016 - Issue 7-8: Special Issue in honour of Andreas Savin
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Development and Application of Electronic-Structure Methods

Schrödinger equations with power potentials

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Pages 932-940 | Received 03 Oct 2015, Accepted 29 Oct 2015, Published online: 16 Dec 2015
 

ABSTRACT

General formulae for solutions of the Schrödinger equation with power potentials are derived. The wavefunctions are expressed as products of the asymptotic factors and special forms of the Hessenberg determinants, in general, of infinite order. Conditions under which the order of the determinants becomes finite are determined. It is shown that solutions represented by the finite-order determinants may exist only if the highest power of the radial variable in the potential function is even.

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Acknowledgements

The authors thank Andreas Savin for several discussions.

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Funding

Jacek Karwowski is grateful for a research grant from the National Chiao Tung University. Financial support was also provided by the National Science Council of Taiwan [grant number NSC 102-2113-M-009-015-MY3]; and the Ministry of Education [MOE-ATU project].

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