Exact analytical spectra of an effective field-modified radial Schrödinger equation by the Nikiforov--Uvarov method
Abstract
We revisit the effective radial Schrödinger equation for a charged spinless particle in collinear static electric and magnetic fields that was formulated in our earlier work within the tridiagonal representation approach (TRA). In that model the angular factor of the electric coupling is replaced by the orientation parameter C=cosθ, the linear Zeeman term is diagonal in the azimuthal quantum number, and the effective field-modified central potential takes the form V(r)=Vt(r)+qECr. Here we show that the same equation can be solved exactly without the TRA, by the Nikiforov--Uvarov (NU) method, once the potential component Vt(r) is prescribed. Three examples are worked out in closed form: a Kratzer-type component, which yields a linear-plus-Coulomb-plus-inverse-square central potential; a pseudoharmonic-type component, which yields a linear-plus-harmonic-plus-inverse-square potential; and a Hulthén-type component with a repulsive core (Manning--Rosen form), which yields a screened confining potential with a finite number of s-wave bound states. For each case we obtain the energy spectrum, the normalized eigenfunctions in terms of Laguerre or Jacobi polynomials, the location of the potential minimum, and closed-form radial moments. The spectra are independent of the orientation θ and of the electric field, in agreement with the structure found by the TRA, while the field enters through the shape of V(r), the radial moments, and the expectation value ⟨ V⟩k. All analytical results are confirmed by an independent finite-difference diagonalization.
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BibTeX
@misc{osunmusanmi2026exact,
title = {{Exact analytical spectra of an effective field-modified radial Schrödinger equation by the Nikiforov--Uvarov method}},
author = {Tunde Joseph Osunmusanmi and Berihu Teklu},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.20159},
eprint = {2610.20159},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.20159},
note = {CC BY-SA 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Exact analytical spectra of an effective field-modified radial Schrödinger equation by the Nikiforov--Uvarov method
AU - Tunde Joseph Osunmusanmi
AU - Berihu Teklu
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/15
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.20159
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.20159
AB - We revisit the effective radial Schrödinger equation for a charged spinless particle in collinear static electric and magnetic fields that was formulated in our earlier work within the tridiagonal representation approach (TRA). In that model the angular factor of the electric coupling is replaced by the orientation parameter C=cosθ, the linear Zeeman term is diagonal in the azimuthal quantum number, and the effective field-modified central potential takes the form V(r)=Vt(r)+qECr. Here we show that the same equation can be solved exactly without the TRA, by the Nikiforov--Uvarov (NU) method, once the potential component Vt(r) is prescribed. Three examples are worked out in closed form: a Kratzer-type component, which yields a linear-plus-Coulomb-plus-inverse-square central potential; a pseudoharmonic-type component, which yields a linear-plus-harmonic-plus-inverse-square potential; and a Hulthén-type component with a repulsive core (Manning--Rosen form), which yields a screened confining potential with a finite number of s-wave bound states. For each case we obtain the energy spectrum, the normalized eigenfunctions in terms of Laguerre or Jacobi polynomials, the location of the potential minimum, and closed-form radial moments. The spectra are independent of the orientation θ and of the electric field, in agreement with the structure found by the TRA, while the field enters through the shape of V(r), the radial moments, and the expectation value ⟨ V⟩_k. All analytical results are confirmed by an independent finite-difference diagonalization.
ER -