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Another Solution to the Schrödinger-Langevin Equation

Jairo Alonso Mendoza Suárez, Juan Carlos López-Carreño, Rosalba Suarez

Published Oct 20, 2021• 0 citations

Abstract

Introduction: an alternative solution to the Schrodinger-Langevin equation is presented, where the temporal dependence is explained, assuming a Coulomb potential. Finally, the trajectory equations are found. Objective: in this paper we contribute by presenting a detailed and simple solution of the Schrödinger-Langevin equation for a Coulomb potential. Materials and Methods: using an appropriate ansatz, we solve the Schrödinger-Langevin equation, finding the expected values of position and moment. Results: a simple method was presented to find the expected position and moment values in the Schrödinger-Langevin equation, the ansatz used to find these solutions allows the model to be generalized in a certain way to electric potentials and harmonic oscillators. Conclusions: the model used to solve the Schrödinger-Langevin equation, allowed to find the expected values of position and moment of a particle in a Coulomb potential, the temporal dependence of such solutions is made explicit, which allows finding the path equations of the particles.

DOI: 10.22507/rli.v18n1a2

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We discuss the arising of bound states solutions to the Schrödinger equation due to the presence of a Coulomb-type potential induced by the interaction between a moving particle possessing an electric quadrupole moment and an electric field. Besides, we study the influence of the Coulomb-type potential on the harmonic oscillator by showing a quantum effect characterized by the dependence of the angular frequency on the quantum numbers of the system. Finally, we consider the quantum particle subject to harmonic and linear confining potentials and investigate the influence of the analogue of the Coulomb potential.