Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General
Moments of the radial density distribution
Naeem Ullah
Abstract
The matrix elements of powers of r 2 are evaluated in the basis of radial wavefunctions of a three-dimensional harmonic oscillator as a terminating type of generalised hypergeometric function 3 F 2 . They are employed to calculate the low-order moments of the radial density distribution. The form of radial density distribution for large values of oscillator quanta are given.