arXiv · quant-ph/0412016
Deformed shape invariance and exactly solvable Hamiltonians with position-dependent effective mass
Abstract
Known shape-invariant potentials for the constant-mass Schrodinger equation are taken as effective potentials in a position-dependent effective mass (PDEM) one. The corresponding shape-invariance condition turns out to be deformed. Its solvability imposes the form of both the deformed superpotential and the PDEM. A lot of new exactly solvable potentials associated with a PDEM background are generated in this way. A novel and important condition restricting the existence of bound states whenever the PDEM vanishes at an end point of the interval is identified. In some cases, the bound-state spectrum results from a smooth deformation of that of the conventional shape-invariant potential used in the construction. In others, one observes a generation or suppression of bound states, depending on the mass-parameter values. The corresponding wavefunctions are given in terms of some deformed classical orthogonal polynomials.
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B. Bagchi, A. Banerjee, C. Quesne, V. M. Tkachuk. 2005-02-03. Deformed shape invariance and exactly solvable Hamiltonians with position-dependent effective mass. https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/38/13/008
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