{ "id": "math-ph/0505069", "version": "v1", "published": "2005-05-26T16:22:13.000Z", "updated": "2005-05-26T16:22:13.000Z", "title": "Iterative solutions to the Dirac equation", "authors": [ "Hakan Ciftci", "Richard L. Hall", "Nasser Saad" ], "comment": "18 pages", "journal": "Phys. Rev. A 72, 022101 (2005)", "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevA.72.022101", "categories": [ "math-ph", "math.MP" ], "abstract": "We consider a single particle which is bound by a central potential and obeys the Dirac equation in d dimensions. We first apply the asymptotic iteration method to recover the known exact solutions for the pure Coulomb case. For a screened-Coulomb potential and for a Coulomb plus linear potential with linear scalar confinement, the method is used to obtain accurate approximate solutions for both eigenvalues and wave functions.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2005-05-26T16:22:13.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "keywords": [ "dirac equation", "iterative solutions", "coulomb plus linear potential", "linear scalar confinement", "asymptotic iteration method" ], "tags": [ "journal article" ], "publication": { "publisher": "APS", "journal": "Phys. Rev. A" }, "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 18, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable" } } }