290 Index
Compactification, 226, 228, 229, 233
Comparison theorem, 7, 109, 117, 181, 200,
202, 203, 217, 218
Configuration space, 40, 42, 248
Confluent hypergeometric equation, 62, 74,
157, 158, 177, 181, 182, 189
Confluent hypergeometric functions, 51, 59,
63, 64, 69, 75, 82, 83, 159, 161,
169, 183, 265–267
Conjugation matrix, 32, 33
Constant
factor, 29
mass, 150, 152
matrix, 26, 27, 32, 35
Constraint condition, 91, 98, 101, 267
Continuous
dimension, 162, 172, 178, 188, 191
group, 255–257
spectrum, 110
Continuum states, 5
Convergent solution, 110, 111
Coordinate vector, 48
Coset, 26, 233, 245
left, 242
right, 242, 245
Coulomb potential, viii, 5, 7, 57, 59, 61, 81,
82, 84, 88, 90, 95, 96, 104, 108,
138, 141, 149, 151, 153, 157,
167–169, 171, 172, 175, 179, 181,
185, 188–191, 193, 201, 222, 237
Coulomb problem, 88
d-dimensional, 6
Coulomb system, 5
Coulomb-like integral, 83
Coulomb-like potential, 64, 83, 119, 123, 124,
128, 158
Coulomb-Sturmian basis, 5
Covering group, 30–32
Creation and annihilation operators, 84
Creation operator, 76, 84, 85
Critical case, 114, 116, 203, 209, 211–213, 216
Cutoff potential, 110, 117, 206
D
D-dimensional Laplacian, 42
Degeneracy, 5, 6, 49, 52, 59, 63, 69, 161, 170,
183
Determinant relation, 99
Diatomic molecule, 74, 106
Differential operator, 85
Dimensionless variable, 58
Dirac equation, viii, 7, 27, 51, 52, 55, 57, 59,
119, 128, 157, 167, 175, 177, 179,
181, 188, 203, 211, 217–219, 224,
231, 232
Dirac Hamiltonian, 220, 224
Dirac operator, 7, 231, 232
Direct product, 20, 22, 34–36, 54, 55
representation, 34
Discrete energy, 111
Discrete representations, 73, 89
Divisor, 242
Double-valued representation, 32
Dynamic algebra, 77
Dynamic group, 72, 88
E
Eckart potential, 131
Effective potential, 8, 132, 139–143
Eigenfunction, 19, 48, 49, 51, 59, 64, 71, 82,
84, 91, 93, 100–106, 108, 144, 177,
181, 188, 201–203, 220, 262
Eigenstate, 5, 19, 20, 22, 52, 219
Eigenvalue, 5, 20–23, 26, 27, 29, 44, 45, 51,
52, 54, 55, 57, 59, 62, 64, 73, 77,
83, 84, 89, 91–93, 100–105, 108,
117, 123, 125, 129, 132, 133, 136,
138, 140–142, 146, 147, 160, 162,
170, 177, 179, 181–184, 188, 189,
204, 218, 223, 231–233, 262
Eigenvalue problem, 6
Elementary particles, 4, 14
Energy difference, 157, 161–163, 178,
184–186, 201
Energy level, 5, 7, 14, 67, 84, 95, 96, 127–129,
134, 136, 143, 144, 146, 147, 157,
161, 172, 178, 179, 191, 201, 202,
218
Energy spectra, 130, 134, 137, 138, 141, 174
Equilibrium position, 106
Equivalent matrices, 247
Equivalent representations, 248
Equivalent theorem, 29, 30
Euclidean space, 71
Euler operator, 45
Exact solutions, 3, 51, 59, 61, 67, 68, 73, 74,
78, 79, 81, 82, 87, 96, 97, 99, 100,
102, 104, 105, 119, 126–128, 141,
157, 167, 181, 188, 201
Excited state, 144, 145
Expansion coefficients, 107, 171
Expansion constant, 100–106
Extra dimension, 3, 4, 7, 8, 226–230, 233, 237
F
Factorization method, 75, 79, 84, 96
Faithful representation, 32, 248