In this paper, we have solved the Schrödinger equation for a particular kind of Morse potential and find its normalized eigenfunctions and eigenvalues, exactly. Our work is based on the Laplace transform technique which reduces the second-order differential equation to a first-order.
Laplace transform techniques for solving differential equations do not seem to have been directly applied to the Schrödinger equation in quantum mechanics. This may be because the Laplace transform of a wave function, in contrast to the Fourier transform, has no direct physical significance. However, this paper will show that scattering phase shifts and bound state energies can be determined from the singularities of the Laplace transform of the wave function. The Laplace transform method can thereby simplify calculations if the potential allows a straightforward solution of the transformed Schrödinger equation. Suitable cases are the Coulomb, oscillator and exponential potentials and the Yamaguchi separable non-local potential.
In the framework of the position-dependent mass quantum mechanics, the three dimensional Schrödinger equation is studied by applying the Laplace transforms combining with the point canonical transforms. For the potential analogues to Morse potential and via the Pekeris approximation, we introduce the general solutions appropriate for any kind of position dependent mass profile which obeys a key condition. For a specific position-dependent mass profile, the bound state solutions are obtained through an analytical form. The constant mass solutions are also relived.
In this paper we give an alternative treatment of the Schrodinger equation with the Morse potential, which based on the exact summation of the Feynman perturbation series in its original form. Using Fourier transform we establish a recurrence equation between terms of the perturbation series. Finally, by the inverse Fourier transform and some technical tools of the ordinary differential equations of the second order, we can compute the exact sum of the perturbation series which is the Green’s function of the problem.
Treatment of N-dimensional Schrödinger equation for anharmonic potential via Laplace transform
First time anharmonic potential $V(r)=ar^2+br-\frac{c}{r} \,,(a>0) $ is examined for N-dimensional Schrödinger equation via Laplace transformation method. In transformed space, the behavior of the Laplace transform at the singular point of the differential equation is used to study the eigenfunctions and the energy eigenvalues.The results are easy to derive and identical with those obtained by other methods.