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Title: Solution of the relativistic Dirac-Woods-Saxon problem

Journal Article · · Physical Review. A
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  1. Department of Physics, Anhui University, Hefei 230039 (China)

The Dirac equation is written for the special case of a spinor in a relativistic potential with the even and odd components related by a constraint, and solved exactly with the even component chosen to be the Woods-Saxon potential. The corresponding radial wave functions for the two-component spinor are obtained in terms of the hypergeometric function, and the energy spectrum of the bound states is obtained as a solution to a given equation with boundary constraints in which the nonrelativistic limit reproduces the usual Woods-Saxon potential.

OSTI ID:
20632400
Journal Information:
Physical Review. A, Vol. 66, Issue 6; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.66.062105; (c) 2002 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1050-2947
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English