Feinberg-Horodecki Exact Momentum States of Improved Deformed Exponential-Type Potential ()
1. Introduction
In studying any physical problem in quantum mechanics we seek to find the solution of the resulting second-order differential equation. The time-dependent Schrödinger equation represents an example that describes quantum-mechanical phenomena, in which it dictates the dynamics of a quantum system. Solving this differential equation by means of any method results in the eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of that Schrödinger quantum system. However, the solution of the time-dependent Schrödinger equation analytically is exact and limited to certain problems of spatial coordinate problems [1] [2] [3] [4]. The Feinberg-Horodecki (FH) equation is an equivalent time-momentum equation to the energy-spatial coordinate Schrodinger equation which was derived by Horodecki [5] from the relativistic Feinberg equation [6]. This equation has been demonstrated in a possibility of describing biological systems [7] [8] in terms of the time-like supersymmetric quantum mechanics [9]. The spatial-like solution of the FH equation can be employed to test its relevance in different areas of science including physics, biology and medicine [7] [8]. Molski obtained the spatial-like states of the time-dependent Morse oscillator potential model in the framework of the FH equation for minimizing the time-energy uncertainty relation and showed that the results are useful for interpreting the formation of the specific growth patterns during crystallization process and biological growth [7]. Furthermore, he solved the FH equation with anharmonic oscillators and obtained the space-like quantum supersymmetry for the sake of describing biological systems [8].
Recently, Bera and Sil found the exact solutions of the FH equation for the time-dependent Wei-Hua oscillator and Manning-Rosen potentials by the Nikiforov-Uvarov (NU) method [10]. A simple form of a potential model [11] named Deng-Fan oscillator potential was introduced in 1957. This potential taking a general Morse potential mesa 1998 generalized has been studied for its energy spectrum and wave functions by [11] [12] [13] [14] and related to the Manning-Rosen potential [15] [16] which is also called Eckart potential by some authors [17] [18] [19] or anharmonic potential. This system is well-defined at boundaries where t = 0 and t = 1. The spatial-like Deng-Fan model is quantitatively very similar to Morse model with correct asymptotic behaviour when inter nuclear separation distance comes to zero [11] and correctly describes the spectrum of diatomic molecules and electromagnetic transition [20] [21] [22]. The FH equation is solved with the time-dependent Deng-Fan oscillator potential model to obtain the exact momentum states by means of the parametric NU method [23].
Recently, Altug and Sever have studied the FH equation with time-dependent Poschl-Teller potential and found its space-like coherent states [24]. We also studied the solutions of FH equation for time-dependent mass (TDM) harmonic oscillator quantum system. An appropriate interaction to time-dependent mass is chosen to obtain the correct spectrum of stationary energy. The related spectrum of Harmonic oscillator potential acting on the TDM stationary state energies is found [25]. The exact solutions of FH equation under time-dependent Tietz-Wei di-atomic molecular potential have been obtained. In particular, the quantized momentum eigenvalues and corresponding wave functions are found in framework of supersymmetric quantum mechanics [26]. The spectra of general molecular potential (GMP) are obtained using asymptotic iteration method within the framework of non-relativistic quantum mechanics. The vibrational partition function is calculated in closed form and used to obtain thermodynamic functions [27].
Recently, we solved the FH equation with the time-dependent Kratzer plus screened Coulomb potential [28]; we solved FH equation with the time-dependent screened Kratzer-Hellmann potential model [29], and very recently we a general time-dependent potential [30]. In each case, we obtained the approximated eigensolutions of momentum states and wave functions by means of the NU method.
The motivation of this work is to apply the NU method [31] for the general molecular potential having a certain time-dependence. The momentum eigenvalues, Pn, of the FH equation and the space-like coherent eigenvectors are obtained. The rest of this work is organized as follows: the NU method is briefly introduced in Section 2. The exact solution of the FH equation for the time-dependent general molecular potential is solved to obtain its quantized momentum states and eigenfunctions in Section 3. We generate the solutions of a few special potentials mainly found from our general form solution in Section 4. Finally we present our discussions and conclusions.
2. Exact Solutions of the FH Equation for the Time-Dependent Improved Deformed Exponential-Type Potential
The Nikiforov-Uvarov (NU) method (see Appendix) will be used to find the exact solutions of FH equation for the improved deformed exponential-type (IDEP) which results in momentum eigenvalues and their eigenstates.
The time-dependent of the improved deformed exponential-type potential is given by [32]
(1)
where
and
are adjustable real potential parameters. q is a dimensionless parameter,
is the dissociation energy and
the equilibrium time point. The IDEP is reduces to the improved Tietz potential if
is replaced by
and
by h. If the IDEP potential is substituted in FH equation, one obtains
(2)
Now, let
, where
, we get
(3)
where
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
and
(11)
After comparing Equation (3) with Equation (A1), one obtains
,
, and
.
when these values are substituted in equation
(see NU method [28] [29] [30]), we get
(12)
As mentioned in the NU method, the discriminant under the square root, in Equation (12), has to be zero, so that the expression of
becomes the square root of a polynomial of the first degree. This condition can be written as
(13)
After solving this equation, we get
(14)
Then, for our purpose we assume that
(15)
Arranging this equation and solving it to get an expression for k which is given by the following,
(16)
where the expression between the parentheses is given by
(17)
where the parameters in this equation must be selected to let R be real and the results have physical meanings. If we substitute
into Equation (12) we get a possible expression for
, which is given by
(18)
this solution satisfy the condition that the derivative of
is negative. Therefore, the expression of
which satisfies these conditions can be written as
(19)
Now, substituting the values of
,
,
and
into Equation (A2) and Equation (A3), we obtain
(20)
and
(21)
Now, from Equation (20) and Equation (21), we get the eigenvalues of the quantized momentum as
(22)
where
, A and C are defined in Equation (4), Equation (7) and Equation (8) respectively.
Due to the NU method used in getting the eigenvalues, the polynomial solutions of the hypergeometric function
depend on the weight function
which can be determined by solving
to get
(23)
Substituting
into
, we get an expression for the wave functions as
(24)
where
is the normalization constant. Solving Equation (24) gives the final form of the wave function in terms of the Jacobi polynomial
as follows,
(25)
Now, substituting
and
into
then solving it we obtain
(26)
Substituting Equation (25) and Equation (26) in
, one obtains,
(27)
where
is the normalization constant.
3. Numerical Results and Discussion
We compute the momentum eigenvalues of time dependent improved deformed exponential-type potential for some diatomic molecules like CO, N2, H2 and LiH. This was done using the spectroscopic parameters displayed in Table 1.
Figure 1 shows the variation of the time-dependent improved deformed exponential-type potential (IDEP) well for four different diatomic molecules at small times. Hence, this potential well changes from 20 eV to nearly 5 eV for the diatomic molecules H2 and LiH whereas it changes from 50 eV to 5 eV for N2 diatomic molecule. However, CO diatomic molecule has a unique behavior; it varies from 5 eV to 10 eV. In Figure 2, we examined the variation of the quantized momentum states Pn of IDEP against the screening parameter q for various diatomic molecules. It is seen that the momentum of the present potential model decreases monotonically from zero, for H2, N2 and LiH whereas for CO it shows different behavior as it decreases from −20 eV/c, against the screening parameter q for various values of states, n. Figure 3 shows the variation of Pn in the field of IDEP against the exponential parameter
for various diatomic molecules. The diatomic molecules exhibit different features; for various values of n. It is obvious from figure that Pn increases monotonically with increasing
for CO
Table 1. Spectroscopic parameters of the various diatomic molecules [32].
Figure 1. Improved deformed exponential-type potential (IDEP) for diatomic molecules. The parameters used are presented in Table 1, and
.
Figure 2. FH quantized momentum eigenvalues for the improved deformed exponential-type potential plotted vs q for diatomic molecules. The parameters used are presented in Table 1, and
.
Figure 3. FH quantized momentum eigenvalues for the improved deformed exponential-type potential plotted vs
for diatomic molecules. The parameters used are presented in Table 1.
and N2 when particle is subjected to the aforementioned system. The reverse case happens with H2 and LiH diatomic molecules where
decreases monotonically from a value close to zero with increasing
.
Finally, Figure 4 shows the behavior of Pn against state n for various diatomic molecules subjected to the field of IDEP with various values of
. It is seen that Pn for H2 and LiH decreases monotonically from zero with increasing n. However, in the case of CO and N2 diatomic molecules, it is seen that Pn decreases slightly linearly with increasing n.
4. Conclusion
We solved the Feinberg-Horodecki (FH) equation for the time-dependent improved deformed exponential-type potential via Nikiforov-Uvarov (NU) method. We got the exact quantized momentum eigenvalues solution of the FH equation. It is therefore, worth mentioning that the method is elegant and powerful. Our results can be applied in biophysics and other branches of physics. We find that our analytical results are in good agreement with other findings in literature. We have shown the behaviors of the improved deformed exponential-type potential
Figure 4. FH quantized momentum eigenvalues for the improved deformed exponential-type potential plotted vs n for diatomic molecules. The parameters used are presented in Table 1.
against screening parameters. Further, taking spectroscopic values for the potential parameters, we plotted the quantized momentum of few states against the screening parameter for diatomic molecules. Our results are good agreements with the energy bound states.
Acknowledgements
We thank the Editor and the referees for their valuable comments. This research is funded by Winter School in High Energy Physics in Palestine (WISHEPP). This generous support is greatly appreciated.
Appendix: Methodology
The Nikiforov-Uvarov (NU) [31] method is an efficient technique usually employed to reduce the second-order differential equation into a general form of a hypergeometric type equation. Therefore, any second order differential equation can be transformed, via an appropriate coordinate transformation
, into a standard form:
(A1)
where
and
are polynomials, at most second-order, and
is of a first-order polynomial. To follow the method in details the reader is advised to follow [28] [29] [30] [31]. The eigenvalues equation can be found simply by solving the Equation (A2) and Equation (A3). Where
(A2)
and
(A3)
with
, and
is a polynomial with a negative first derivative to generate an appropriate solution for the hypergeometric equation. And Further,
is a polynomial which depends on the transformation function s(t) and k should be determined to calculate
, for which the discriminant under the square root is set to zero, in order to let
to be a first order polynomial.
NOTES
*First corresponding author.
#Second corresponding author.