Challenges
Datasets
Workspaces
Papers
Discussions
Leaderboard
Log inSign up
Challenges
Datasets
Workspaces
Papers
Discussions
Leaderboard
Blog
Job Board
Q3AS

© 2026 Aqora Quantum S.A.S.

TermsPrivacyLegal Notice

Journal of Physics Communications

A simple approach to solve the time independent Schröedinger equation for 1D systems

R. Lemus

Published Feb 11, 2019• 10 citations
Publisher

Abstract

A simple algebraic approach based on the well known angular momentum SU (2) algebra is presented to describe 1D systems for arbitrary potentials. The approach is based on the dimension increase of the 1D harmonic oscillator space through the addition of a scalar boson, keeping constant the total number of bosons. In this new space the realization of the coordinate and momentum correspond to components of the angular momentum algebra, which in turn define the coordinate and momentum representation bases. This remarkable result allows the Hamiltonian matrix representationto be expressed in terms of a diagonal matrix characterizing the potential we are considering. The solutions are obtained as an expansion of harmonic oscillator functions by purely algebraic means. As an example of our approach the Morse and asymmetric double Morse potentials are considered.

DOI
10.1088/2399-6528/ab0617

Related papers

The quantum-mechanical harmonic oscillator

Francisco Marcelo Fernández, Eduardo Alberto Castro

The harmonic oscillator is a useful model for the interpretation of many physical phenomena. It is used as a first approximation to the vibration of molecules and crystal lattices and for the quantization of electromagnetic fields, among other applications. One can solve the time-independent Schrodinger equation for the harmonic oscillator in many different ways; operator methods give rise to recurrence relations and generating functions for the stationary states. The coordinate representation renders the coordinate operator diagonal. In this particular representation the eigenvectors of the harmonic oscillator are functions of the coordinate that are commonly expressed in terms of Hermite polynomials. The chapter shows that calculation with the eigenfunctions of the harmonic oscillator is remarkably simple in the realm of the Lie algebras. The application of the bosonic algebra in theoretical physics and chemistry is so vast that it is impossible even to give a reasonable summary. An important application of the bosonic algebra is the modeling of simple quantum-mechanical systems.

CRC Press eBooks•Jan 16, 2020•0 citations

An integrated approach to ladder and shift operators for the Morse oscillator, radial Coulomb and radial oscillator potentials

Ian L. Cooper

The Morse oscillator, radial Coulomb and radial harmonic oscillator problems can be solved exactly using a variety of algebraic methods. These problems correspond to different realizations of the so(2,1) algebra and a comparison of the generators of the algebra may be used to identify mappings between each pair of systems. The resultant transition operators act as ladder, or energy changing, operators in the cases of the Coulomb and harmonic oscillator potentials, whereas they act as shift operators, acting at constant energy, in the case of the Morse potential. This is a consequence of the so(2,1) dynamical symmetry, whereby the Morse Hamiltonian is expressible solely in terms of the Casimir operator of the algebra. An alternative algebraic approach, the use of the method of supersymmetric quantum mechanics, or factorization, produces in each case a set of shift operators. Relations between the various ladder and shift operators may be identified by means of the appropriate mappings, and these results can be generalized so as to relate the one dimensional Morse oscillator to the radial Coulomb and radial harmonic oscillator potentials involving an arbitrary number of angular dimensions.

Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General•Apr 7, 1993•79 citations

Algebraic description of the inelastic collision between an atom and a Morse oscillator in one dimension

R D Santiago, Osiris Álvarez-Bajo, R. Lemus +3 more

The 1D collision between an atom and a diatomic molecule is investigated using an algebraic approach. Closed expressions for the quantum mechanical excitation transition probabilities are obtained. A Morse potential for the diatomic molecule is used. The classical trajectories are obtained in the united atom limit by taking an average over a finite number of states using the matrix density formalism, which allows the problem to be reformulated in terms of a time-dependent Hamiltonian. The system is studied in the interaction picture, which permits us to carry out an algebraic description through the approximation of the interaction potential in terms of a linear combination of the generators of the su (2) algebra. Comparisons with exact quantum mechanical results for transition probabilities in different systems are presented.

Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics•Jun 30, 2008•12 citations

Quantizing Angular Momentum via the Simple Harmonic Oscillator

Charles P. Friedman, Edwin F. Taylor

The quantization of orbital angular momentum can be introduced simply through the model of the two- and three-dimensional simple harmonic oscillator. Most of the analysis is carried out in the familiar Cartesian coordinate system in which the simple harmonic oscillator Schrödinger equation is separable. Angular momentum eigenfunctions are constructed by superposition, and the resulting functions easily transformed into spherical coordinates. The angle-dependent parts of the solutions are the spherical harmonics, which are the orbital angular momentum eigenfunctions for all central potentials including the Coulomb potential of the hydrogen atom. The method also introduces the separation of variables technique and provides practice in applying the concepts of completeness, orthogonality, superposition of states, and alternative representations.

American Journal of Physics•Sep 1, 1971•3 citations

Algebraic solution of 3-dimensional isotropic harmonic oscillator

Yang Ya-tian

By using the boson operators which carry angular momentum of one unit the eigenfunctions of hamiltonian of 3-dimensional isotropic harmonic oscillator are constructed uniformly. The relation between algebraic solution and the solution obtained by solving differential equation directly are discussed. The method is simple and elegant. We have a unified expression for eigenstates here. The Lie algebra between the operators used are quite simple.

College Physics•Jan 1, 2003•0 citations

Oscillator-Morse–Coulomb mappings and algebras for constant or position-dependent mass

C. Quesne

The bound-state solutions and the su(1,1) description of the d-dimensional radial harmonic oscillator, the Morse, and the D-dimensional radial Coulomb Schrödinger equations are reviewed in a unified way using the point canonical transformation method. It is established that the spectrum generating su(1,1) algebra for the first problem is converted into a potential algebra for the remaining two. This analysis is then extended to Schrödinger equations containing some position-dependent mass. The deformed su(1,1) construction recently achieved for a d-dimensional radial harmonic oscillator is easily extended to the Morse and Coulomb potentials. In the last two cases, the equivalence between the resulting deformed su(1,1) potential algebra approach and a previous deformed shape invariance one generalizes to a position-dependent mass background a well-known relationship in the context of constant mass.

arXiv:0712.1965•Journal of Mathematical Physics•Feb 1, 2008•15 citations
A simple algebraic approach based on the well known angular momentum SU (2) algebra is presented to describe 1D systems for arbitrary potentials. The approach is based on the dimension increase of the 1D harmonic oscillator space through the addition of a scalar boson, keeping constant the total number of bosons. In this new space the realization of the coordinate and momentum correspond to components of the angular momentum algebra, which in turn define the coordinate and momentum representation bases. This remarkable result allows the Hamiltonian matrix representationto be expressed in terms of a diagonal matrix characterizing the potential we are considering. The solutions are obtained as an expansion of harmonic oscillator functions by purely algebraic means. As an example of our approach the Morse and asymmetric double Morse potentials are considered.
The harmonic oscillator is a useful model for the interpretation of many physical phenomena. It is used as a first approximation to the vibration of molecules and crystal lattices and for the quantization of electromagnetic fields, among other applications. One can solve the time-independent Schrodinger equation for the harmonic oscillator in many different ways; operator methods give rise to recurrence relations and generating functions for the stationary states. The coordinate representation renders the coordinate operator diagonal. In this particular representation the eigenvectors of the harmonic oscillator are functions of the coordinate that are commonly expressed in terms of Hermite polynomials. The chapter shows that calculation with the eigenfunctions of the harmonic oscillator is remarkably simple in the realm of the Lie algebras. The application of the bosonic algebra in theoretical physics and chemistry is so vast that it is impossible even to give a reasonable summary. An important application of the bosonic algebra is the modeling of simple quantum-mechanical systems.
The Morse oscillator, radial Coulomb and radial harmonic oscillator problems can be solved exactly using a variety of algebraic methods. These problems correspond to different realizations of the so(2,1) algebra and a comparison of the generators of the algebra may be used to identify mappings between each pair of systems. The resultant transition operators act as ladder, or energy changing, operators in the cases of the Coulomb and harmonic oscillator potentials, whereas they act as shift operators, acting at constant energy, in the case of the Morse potential. This is a consequence of the so(2,1) dynamical symmetry, whereby the Morse Hamiltonian is expressible solely in terms of the Casimir operator of the algebra. An alternative algebraic approach, the use of the method of supersymmetric quantum mechanics, or factorization, produces in each case a set of shift operators. Relations between the various ladder and shift operators may be identified by means of the appropriate mappings, and these results can be generalized so as to relate the one dimensional Morse oscillator to the radial Coulomb and radial harmonic oscillator potentials involving an arbitrary number of angular dimensions.
The 1D collision between an atom and a diatomic molecule is investigated using an algebraic approach. Closed expressions for the quantum mechanical excitation transition probabilities are obtained. A Morse potential for the diatomic molecule is used. The classical trajectories are obtained in the united atom limit by taking an average over a finite number of states using the matrix density formalism, which allows the problem to be reformulated in terms of a time-dependent Hamiltonian. The system is studied in the interaction picture, which permits us to carry out an algebraic description through the approximation of the interaction potential in terms of a linear combination of the generators of the su (2) algebra. Comparisons with exact quantum mechanical results for transition probabilities in different systems are presented.
The quantization of orbital angular momentum can be introduced simply through the model of the two- and three-dimensional simple harmonic oscillator. Most of the analysis is carried out in the familiar Cartesian coordinate system in which the simple harmonic oscillator Schrödinger equation is separable. Angular momentum eigenfunctions are constructed by superposition, and the resulting functions easily transformed into spherical coordinates. The angle-dependent parts of the solutions are the spherical harmonics, which are the orbital angular momentum eigenfunctions for all central potentials including the Coulomb potential of the hydrogen atom. The method also introduces the separation of variables technique and provides practice in applying the concepts of completeness, orthogonality, superposition of states, and alternative representations.
The bound-state solutions and the su(1,1) description of the d-dimensional radial harmonic oscillator, the Morse, and the D-dimensional radial Coulomb Schrödinger equations are reviewed in a unified way using the point canonical transformation method. It is established that the spectrum generating su(1,1) algebra for the first problem is converted into a potential algebra for the remaining two. This analysis is then extended to Schrödinger equations containing some position-dependent mass. The deformed su(1,1) construction recently achieved for a d-dimensional radial harmonic oscillator is easily extended to the Morse and Coulomb potentials. In the last two cases, the equivalence between the resulting deformed su(1,1) potential algebra approach and a previous deformed shape invariance one generalizes to a position-dependent mass background a well-known relationship in the context of constant mass.