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B-spline expansion bases for excited states and discretized scattering states

Journal Article · · Journal of Chemical Physics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.431877· OSTI ID:4146141
High-order B-splines provide effective basis functions for constructing solutions to the Schroedinger equation. For high-lying levels of the Morse potential, septic splines yield an accuracy comparable to harmonic oscillators. They can also approximate hydrogenic wavefunctions; typically one-third of the N eigenvalues of an N x N matrix are more accurate than 0.01%. Matrix eigenvectors can also represent scattering states. The approximation is uniformly valid spatially when basis functions terminate sharply. (AIP)
Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, University of California, Livermore, California 94550
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
NSA Number:
NSA-33-010339
OSTI ID:
4146141
Journal Information:
Journal of Chemical Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Chemical Physics Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 63; ISSN JCPSA6; ISSN 0021-9606
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English