Shape Invariance and the Exactness of Quantum Hamilton-Jacobi Formalism

Charles Cherqui, Yevgeny Binder, Asim Gangopadhyaya

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Abstract

Quantum Hamilton-Jacobi Theory and supersymmetric quantum mechanics (SUSYQM) are two parallel methods to determine the spectra of a quantum mechanical systems without solving the Schr ̈odinger equation. It was recently shown that the shape invariance, which is an integrability condition in SUSYQM formalism, can be utilized to develop an iterative algorithm to determine the quantum momentum functions. In this paper, we show that shape invariance also suffices to determine the eigenvalues in Quantum Hamilton-Jacobi Theory.

Original languageAmerican English
JournalPhysics: Faculty Publications and Other Works
Volume372
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 25 2007

Keywords

  • quantum physics
  • Hamiltonian-Jacobi
  • Schrodinger

Disciplines

  • Physics
  • Quantum Physics

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