Singular Potentials in Quantum Mechanics and Ambiguity in the Self-Adjoint Hamiltonian

For a class of singular potentials, including the Coulomb potential (in three and less dimensions) and V(x) = g/x² with the coefficient g in a certain range (x being a space coordinate in one or more dimensions), the corresponding Schrödinger operator is not automatically self-adjoint on its natural...

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Опубліковано в: :Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications
Дата:2007
Автор: Fülöp, T.
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Опубліковано: Інститут математики НАН України 2007
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Цитувати:Singular Potentials in Quantum Mechanics and Ambiguity in the Self-Adjoint Hamiltonian / T. Fülöp // Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications. — 2007. — Т. 3. — Бібліогр.: 22 назв. — англ.

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description For a class of singular potentials, including the Coulomb potential (in three and less dimensions) and V(x) = g/x² with the coefficient g in a certain range (x being a space coordinate in one or more dimensions), the corresponding Schrödinger operator is not automatically self-adjoint on its natural domain. Such operators admit more than one self-adjoint domain, and the spectrum and all physical consequences depend seriously on the self-adjoint version chosen. The article discusses how the self-adjoint domains can be identified in terms of a boundary condition for the asymptotic behaviour of the wave functions around the singularity, and what physical differences emerge for different self-adjoint versions of the Hamiltonian. The paper reviews and interprets known results, with the intention to provide a practical guide for all those interested in how to approach these ambiguous situations.
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Singular Potentials in Quantum Mechanics and Ambiguity in the Self-Adjoint Hamiltonian / T. Fülöp // Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications. — 2007. — Т. 3. — Бібліогр.: 22 назв. — англ.
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https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/147221
For a class of singular potentials, including the Coulomb potential (in three and less dimensions) and V(x) = g/x² with the coefficient g in a certain range (x being a space coordinate in one or more dimensions), the corresponding Schrödinger operator is not automatically self-adjoint on its natural domain. Such operators admit more than one self-adjoint domain, and the spectrum and all physical consequences depend seriously on the self-adjoint version chosen. The article discusses how the self-adjoint domains can be identified in terms of a boundary condition for the asymptotic behaviour of the wave functions around the singularity, and what physical differences emerge for different self-adjoint versions of the Hamiltonian. The paper reviews and interprets known results, with the intention to provide a practical guide for all those interested in how to approach these ambiguous situations.
This paper is a contribution to the Proceedings of the 3-rd Microconference “Analytic and Algebraic Methods III”. Work supported in part by the Czech Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports within the project LC06002.
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Інститут математики НАН України
Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications
Singular Potentials in Quantum Mechanics and Ambiguity in the Self-Adjoint Hamiltonian
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title_full Singular Potentials in Quantum Mechanics and Ambiguity in the Self-Adjoint Hamiltonian
title_fullStr Singular Potentials in Quantum Mechanics and Ambiguity in the Self-Adjoint Hamiltonian
title_full_unstemmed Singular Potentials in Quantum Mechanics and Ambiguity in the Self-Adjoint Hamiltonian
title_short Singular Potentials in Quantum Mechanics and Ambiguity in the Self-Adjoint Hamiltonian
title_sort singular potentials in quantum mechanics and ambiguity in the self-adjoint hamiltonian
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