On Boundary Conditions for an Infinite Square-Well Potential in Quantum Mechanics

1971 ◽  
Vol 39 (8) ◽  
pp. 929-931 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryoichi Seki
Author(s):  
Jonathan Heinz ◽  
Miroslav Kolesik

A method is presented for transparent, energy-dependent boundary conditions for open, non-Hermitian systems, and is illustrated on an example of Stark resonances in a single-particle quantum system. The approach provides an alternative to external complex scaling, and is applicable when asymptotic solutions can be characterized at large distances from the origin. Its main benefit consists in a drastic reduction of the dimesnionality of the underlying eigenvalue problem. Besides application to quantum mechanics, the method can be used in other contexts such as in systems involving unstable optical cavities and lossy waveguides.


2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (02) ◽  
pp. 1850009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miloslav Znojil ◽  
Iveta Semorádová

Singular repulsive barrier [Formula: see text] inside a square-well is interpreted and studied as a linear analog of the state-dependent interaction [Formula: see text] in nonlinear Schrödinger equation. In the linearized case, Rayleigh–Schrödinger perturbation theory is shown to provide a closed-form spectrum at sufficiently small [Formula: see text] or after an amendment of the unperturbed Hamiltonian. At any spike strength [Formula: see text], the model remains solvable numerically, by the matching of wave functions. Analytically, the singularity is shown regularized via the change of variables [Formula: see text] which interchanges the roles of the asymptotic and central boundary conditions.


Author(s):  
John A. Adam

This chapter examines the properties of one-dimensional Jost solutions for S-matrix problems. It first considers how the left–right transmission and reflections coefficients can be expressed in terms of the elements of the S-matrix for one-dimensional scattering problems on, focusing on poles of the transmission coefficient. It then uses the radial equation to revisit the problem of the square-well potential from the perspective of the Jost solution, with Jost boundary conditions at r = 0 and as r approaches infinity. It also presents the notations for the Jost functions and the S-matrix before discussing the problem of scattering from a constant spherical inhomogeneity.


1984 ◽  
Vol 52 (8) ◽  
pp. 573-576 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter C. Henneberger

2012 ◽  
Vol 90 (12) ◽  
pp. 1287-1293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miloslav Znojil

We recall the solvable [Formula: see text]-symmetric quantum square well on an interval of x ∈ (–L, L) := [Formula: see text] (with an α-dependent non-Hermiticity given by Robin boundary conditions) and generalize it. In essence, we just replace the support interval [Formula: see text] (reinterpreted as an equilateral two-pointed star graph with Kirchhoff matching at the vertex x = 0) with a q-pointed equilateral star graph [Formula: see text] endowed with the simplest complex-rotation-symmetric external α-dependent Robin boundary conditions. The remarkably compact form of the secular determinant is then deduced. Its analysis reveals that (i) at any integer q = 2, 3, …, there exists the same q-independent and infinite subfamily of the real energies, and (ii) at any special q = 2, 6, 10, …, there exists another, additional, q-dependent infinite subfamily of the real energies. In the spirit of the recently proposed dynamical construction of the Hilbert space of a quantum system, the physical bound-state interpretation of these eigenvalues is finally proposed.


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