Bound, Scattering, and Resonance States of the Symmetric Woods--Saxon Potential in Dunkl Quantum Mechanic
Mebarek Heddar, Can Ertuğay, Bekir Can Lütfüoğlu
We present the first unified analytical description of the bound, scattering, and Gamow (metastable) resonance states of the one-dimensional symmetric Woods--Saxon potential within the framework of Dunkl quantum mechanics, establishing a single analytical framework that consistently describes all physically relevant spectral regimes. The Dunkl deformation introduces a reflection-sector-dependent inverse-square interaction that precludes a direct analytical treatment of the corresponding Schrödinger equation. By employing a Pekeris-type approximation, the problem is transformed into a hypergeometric differential equation, enabling the derivation of analytical wave functions, bound-state quantization conditions, scattering amplitudes, and Gamow resonance solutions within a unified formalism. The results reveal that the Dunkl deformation fundamentally modifies the system's spectral properties by generating a reflection-sector-dependent splitting of the bound-state spectrum, along with quantitative changes in the reflection and transmission probabilities. The narrow transmission peaks are shown to originate from long-lived Gamow resonance states, whose complex energies, decay widths, and lifetimes are determined through analytic continuation into the complex-energy plane. In the limit of vanishing Dunkl deformation, the conventional Woods--Saxon results are fully recovered, confirming the consistency of the proposed formalism. The proposed analytical framework provides a versatile approach for investigating finite-range potentials in Dunkl quantum mechanics and opens the way to systematic studies of reflection-deformed quantum systems beyond the Woods--Saxon interaction.
quant-pharXiv:2607.16944•Jul 21, 2026•0 citations