Proper quantization rule as a good candidate to semiclassical quantization rules

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Abstract

In this article, we present proper quantization rule, ∫xA xBk(x) dx - ∫x0A x0B k0(x) dx = nπ, where $k(x) = 2 M [E-V(x) ] h and study solvable potentials. We find that the energy spectra of solvable systems can be calculated only from its ground state obtained by the Sturm-Liouville theorem. The previous complicated and tedious integral calculations involved in exact quantization rule are greatly simplified. The beauty and simplicity of proper quantization rule come from its meaning - whenever the number of the nodes of the logarithmic derivative φ(x) = ψ(x)-1dψ(x) /dx or the number of the nodes of the wave function ψ(x) increases by one, the momentum integral will increase by π. We apply two different quantization rules to carry out a few typically solvable quantum systems such as the one-dimensional harmonic oscillator, the Morse potential and its generalization as well as the asymmetrical trigonometric Scarf potential and show a great advantage of the proper quantization rule over the original exact quantization rule.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)771-782
Number of pages12
JournalAnnalen der Physik
Volume523
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2011

Keywords

  • Proper quantization rule
  • bound states
  • solvable potentials.

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