Physlib.QuantumMechanics.DDimensions.Hydrogen.Basic
Hydrogen atom
This module introduces the `d`-dimensional hydrogen atom with `1/r` potential.
In addition to the dimension `d`, the quantum mechanical system is characterized by a mass `m > 0` and constant `k` appearing in the potential `V = -k/r`. The standard hydrogen atom has `d=3`, `m = mₑmₚ/(mₑ + mₚ) ≈ mₑ` and `k = e²/4πε₀`.
The potential `V = -k/r` is singular at the origin. To address this we define a regularized Hamiltonian in which the potential is replaced by `-k·r(ε)⁻¹`, where `r(ε)² = ‖x‖² + ε²`. This goes by several names including "soft-core" and "truncated" Coulomb potential. e.g. see https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.80.032507 and https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3290740.
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The mass of the hydrogen atom is non-zero.
For a -dimensional hydrogen atom system with mass , it holds that .
Regularized Hamiltonian
For a -dimensional hydrogen atom characterized by mass and a potential constant , the regularized Hamiltonian for a non-zero parameter is a continuous linear operator on the Schwartz space defined as: where is the momentum-squared operator and is the regularized radius operator that acts via pointwise multiplication by the function .
The Hydrogen Atom Potential is Almost Everywhere Measurable
For a -dimensional hydrogen atom characterized by a constant , the potential function is almost everywhere measurable.
Continuous linear map of the regularized Hamiltonian
For a -dimensional hydrogen atom characterized by mass and potential constant , the regularized Hamiltonian for a non-zero parameter is defined as a continuous linear operator on the Schwartz space such that: where is the momentum-squared operator and is the regularized radius operator, which acts via pointwise multiplication by the function .
For a -dimensional hydrogen atom characterized by mass and potential constant , the regularized Hamiltonian operator for any non-zero real parameter is given by the expression: where is the momentum-squared operator and is the regularized inverse radius operator.
