1–6 Sept 2019
University of Surrey
Europe/London timezone

The nodal structure of wave functions with non-local potentials

3 Sept 2019, 17:35
20m
University of Surrey

University of Surrey

Speaker

Dr Arnau Rios (Surrey)

Description

The nodes theorem provides a relation between the quantum number of a given bound state and the number of nodes of its wave function. We describe here a family of non-local potentials, with analytical known solutions, whose spectra can be modified at will. For these potentials, there is no relation between the quantum number of a state and its number of nodes. The existence of these potentials suggests that the nodes theorem is not valid when non-local interactions are considered.

Author

Dr Arnau Rios (Surrey)

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