Physlib.QuantumMechanics.PoschlTeller.Basic
1d Pöschl-Teller
i. Overview
The Pöschl-Teller potential, ``, gives rise to a one-dimensional quantum system for which the energy eigenvalues, energy eigenstates and scattering data can be computed exactly. Notably, the potential is _reflectionless_ when the parameter controlling its depth is a positive integer.
ii. Key results
iii. Table of contents
- A. Potential function - B. Hilbert space - C. Operators - C.1. Kinetic energy - C.2. Potential energy - C.3. Hamiltonian - C.4. Creation and annihilation operators - C.4.1. On Schwartz functions - C.4.2. As unbounded operators - D. As a quantum system
iv. References
- https://arxiv.org/pdf/2411.14941
A. Potential function
B. Hilbert space
C. Operators
C.1. Kinetic energy
C.2. Potential energy
C.3. Hamiltonian
C.4. Creation and annihilation operators
#### C.4.1. On Schwartz functions
#### C.4.2. As unbounded operators
D. As a quantum system
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Pöschl-Teller potential
The Pöschl-Teller potential function maps a position in one-dimensional space to the real value: where is the mass of the particle, is the reduced Planck's constant, is a parameter controlling the width of the potential, and is a parameter determining its depth.
Hilbert space for the Pöschl-Teller system
For a given Pöschl-Teller system, the Hilbert space is defined as , the space of square-integrable complex-valued functions on one-dimensional space.
Multiplication by as a continuous linear map
The continuous linear operator on the Schwartz space defined by pointwise multiplication by the function , where is the characteristic parameter of the Pöschl-Teller potential.
Creation operator for the Pöschl-Teller potential
The creation operator for a one-dimensional Pöschl-Teller system is a continuous linear map on the Schwartz space defined by the expression: where is the mass of the particle, is the characteristic parameter of the potential, is the momentum operator , is the reduced Planck constant, and is the imaginary unit. The operator involves the momentum operator and the pointwise multiplication by the hyperbolic tangent function .
Annihilation operator on the Schwartz space for the Pöschl-Teller potential
The annihilation operator for the one-dimensional Pöschl-Teller potential is defined as a continuous linear map on the Schwartz space . Given the system parameters for mass and the characteristic potential scale , the operator is expressed as: where is the momentum operator, is the reduced Planck constant, and denotes the operator for pointwise multiplication by the hyperbolic tangent function.
Multiplication operator by
The `tanhOperator` is the unbounded linear operator on the Hilbert space defined by the pointwise multiplication by the function , where is the characteristic parameter of the Pöschl-Teller potential. The operator maps a wave function to the product on the domain where this product remains square-integrable.
Creation operator for the Pöschl-Teller potential
For a one-dimensional Pöschl-Teller system with mass and characteristic parameter , the creation operator is an unbounded linear operator on the Hilbert space . It is defined as: where is the momentum operator, is the reduced Planck constant, and denotes the operator for pointwise multiplication by the hyperbolic tangent function.
Annihilation operator for the Pöschl-Teller system
The annihilation operator for the Pöschl-Teller system is an unbounded linear operator on the Hilbert space defined by the expression where is the momentum operator , is the mass of the particle, is the reduced Planck constant, and is the characteristic parameter of the Pöschl-Teller potential.
