Displaced Harmonic Oscillator <i>V</i> ∼ min [(<i>x</i> + <i>d</i>)², (<i>x</i> − <i>d</i>)²] as a Benchmark Double-Well Quantum Model

Abstract

For the displaced harmonic double-well oscillator, the existence of exact polynomial bound states at certain displacements d is revealed. The N-plets of these quasi-exactly solvable (QES) states are constructed in closed form. For non-QES states, the Schrödinger equation can still be considered “non-polynomially exactly solvable” (NES) because the exact left and right parts of the wave function (proportional to confluent hypergeometric function) just have to be matched in the origin.

Keywords

• displaced harmonic oscillators
• matching-method solutions
• quasi-exact and non-polynomial exact bound states
• double-well–single-well transition