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arXiv:2009.02360 · Physics of Particles and Nuclei

Self-Similar Potentials in Quantum Mechanics and Coherent States

Vyacheslav Pavlovich Spiridonov

Published Mar 1, 2021• 10 citations
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Abstract

Abstract A brief description of the relations between the factorization method in quantum mechanics, self-similar potentials, integrable systems and the theory of special functions is given. New coherent states of the harmonic oscillator related to the Fourier transformation are constructed.
DOI
10.1134/s1063779621020052

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