27 research outputs found
On separable Schr\"odinger equations
We classify (1+3)-dimensional Schr\"odinger equations for a particle
interacting with the electromagnetic field that are solvable by the method of
separation of variables. As a result, we get eleven classes of the
electromagnetic vector potentials of the electromagnetic field , providing separability of the
corresponding Schr\"odinger equations. It is established, in particular, that
the necessary condition for the Schr\"odinger equation to be separable is that
the magnetic field must be independent of the spatial variables. Next, we prove
that any Schr\"odinger equation admitting variable separation into second-order
ordinary differential equations can be reduced to one of the eleven separable
Schr\"odinger equations mentioned above and carry out variable separation in
the latter. Furthermore, we apply the results obtained for separating variables
in the Hamilton-Jacobi equation.Comment: 30 pages, LaTe
Fourier and Gegenbauer expansions for a fundamental solution of the Laplacian in the hyperboloid model of hyperbolic geometry
Due to the isotropy -dimensional hyperbolic space, there exist a
spherically symmetric fundamental solution for its corresponding
Laplace-Beltrami operator. On the -radius hyperboloid model of
-dimensional hyperbolic geometry with and , we compute
azimuthal Fourier expansions for a fundamental solution of Laplace's equation.
For , we compute a Gegenbauer polynomial expansion in geodesic polar
coordinates for a fundamental solution of Laplace's equation on this
negative-constant sectional curvature Riemannian manifold. In three-dimensions,
an addition theorem for the azimuthal Fourier coefficients of a fundamental
solution for Laplace's equation is obtained through comparison with its
corresponding Gegenbauer expansion.Comment: arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1201.440
Path Integral Approach for Superintegrable Potentials on Spaces of Non-constant Curvature: II. Darboux Spaces DIII and DIV
This is the second paper on the path integral approach of superintegrable
systems on Darboux spaces, spaces of non-constant curvature. We analyze in the
spaces \DIII and \DIV five respectively four superintegrable potentials,
which were first given by Kalnins et al. We are able to evaluate the path
integral in most of the separating coordinate systems, leading to expressions
for the Green functions, the discrete and continuous wave-functions, and the
discrete energy-spectra. In some cases, however, the discrete spectrum cannot
be stated explicitly, because it is determined by a higher order polynomial
equation.
We show that also the free motion in Darboux space of type III can contain
bound states, provided the boundary conditions are appropriate. We state the
energy spectrum and the wave-functions, respectively