On the isotropic oscillator and the hydrogenic atom in classical and quantum mechanics
- 1 January 1975
- journal article
- Published by American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) in American Journal of Physics
- Vol. 43 (1) , 29-32
- https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10010
Abstract
It is shown how one may simply associate the problem of the isotropic oscillator to that of the hydrogenic atom in classical dynamics, particularly in its action−angle variable formulation, so that the solution of the one problem implies that of the other. This relationship persists in the two−dimensional quantum mechanics and provides the key to the construction of a wave pocket solution for the isotropic oscillator in the region of large principal quantum number in three dimensions.Keywords
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