Group theoretical analysis of a quantum-mechanical three-dimensional quartic anharmonic oscillator

This paper illustrates the application of group theory to a quantum-mechanical three-dimensional quartic anharmonic oscillator with Oh symmetry. It is shown that group theory predicts the degeneracy of the energy levels and facilitates the application of perturbation theory and the Rayleigh-Ritz var...

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Autor principal: Fernández, Francisco Marcelo
Formato: Articulo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2015
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/99429
https://ri.conicet.gov.ar/11336/48728
https://arxiv.org/abs/1501.00975
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Sumario:This paper illustrates the application of group theory to a quantum-mechanical three-dimensional quartic anharmonic oscillator with Oh symmetry. It is shown that group theory predicts the degeneracy of the energy levels and facilitates the application of perturbation theory and the Rayleigh-Ritz variational method as well as the interpretation of the results in terms of the symmetry of the solutions. We show how to obtain suitable symmetry-adapted basis sets.