Noncentral potentials and spherical harmonics using supersymmetry and shape invariance

Nov, 1996
9 pages
Published in:
  • Am.J.Phys. 65 (1997) 400-403
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Abstract:
It is shown that the operator methods of supersymmetric quantum mechanics and the concept of shape invariance can profitably be used to derive properties of spherical harmonics in a simple way. The same operator techniques can also be applied to several problems with non-central vector and scalar potentials. As examples, we analyze the bound state spectra of an electron in a Coulomb plus an Aharonov-Bohm field and/or in the magnetic field of a Dirac monopole.
  • quantum mechanics
  • supersymmetry
  • operator
  • analysis: harmonic
  • potential: scalar
  • potential: vector
  • electron: bound state
  • electric field
  • magnetic field: magnetic monopole