American Journal of Physics

A new approach to bound states in potential wells

Jean‐Francis Bloch, V. K. Ignatovich

Published Nov 1, 2001• 7 citations

Abstract

A method for calculating the energies of the bound states of a particle in a potential well is presented. A generalization of the Bohr–Sommerfeld quantization rule is obtained.

DOI: 10.1119/1.1387043

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