Ladder Operators for Quantum Systems Confined by Dihedral Angles

We report the identification and construction of raising and lowering operators for the complete eigenfunctions of isotropic harmonic oscillators confined by dihedral angles, in circular cylindrical and spherical coordinates; as well as for the hydrogen atom in the same situation of confinement, in...

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Main Authors: Eugenio Ley-Koo, Guo-Hua Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Academy of Science of Ukraine 2012-09-01
Series:Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3842/SIGMA.2012.060
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Summary:We report the identification and construction of raising and lowering operators for the complete eigenfunctions of isotropic harmonic oscillators confined by dihedral angles, in circular cylindrical and spherical coordinates; as well as for the hydrogen atom in the same situation of confinement, in spherical, parabolic and prolate spheroidal coordinates. The actions of such operators on any eigenfunction are examined in the respective coordinates, illustrating the possibility of generating the complete bases of eigenfunctions in the respective coordinates for both physical systems. The relationships between the eigenfunctions in each pair of coordinates, and with the same eigenenergies are also illustrated.
ISSN:1815-0659