Application of the quantum mechanical hypervirial theorems to even-power series potentials

Abstract

The class of the even-power series potentials,V(r)=-D+∑ ^∞_k-0 V_kλ^kr^2k+2,V ₀=ω²>0is studied with the aim of obtaining approximate analytic expressions for the nonrelativistic energy eigenvalues, the expectation values for the potential and kinetic energy operators, and the mean square radii of the orbits of a particle in its ground and excited states. We use the hypervirial theorems (HVT) in conjunction with the Hellmann-Feynman theorem (HFT), which provide a very powerful scheme for the treatment of the above and other types of potentials, as previous studies have shown. The formalism is reviewed and the expressions of the above-mentioned quantities are subsequently given in a convenient way in terms of the potential parameters, the mass of the particle, and the corresponding quantum numbers, and are then applied to the case of the Gaussian potential and to the potentialV(r)=−D/cosh²(r/R). These expressions are given in the form of series expansions, the first terms of which yield, in quite a number of cases, values of very satisfactory accuracy.