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Infeld-Hull factorization and the simplified solution of the Dirac-Coulomb equation

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. A; (United States)
It is pointed out that the approach used by Su to obtain the simplified solution to the Dirac-Coulomb equation can be interpreted in the light of the Infeld-Hull factorization method. According to this method the first-order Dirac-Coulomb equation, after the transformation S-italic, necessarily implies two second-order ''Schroedinger-type'' equations, whose solutions are the upper and lower simplified solutions of the Dirac-Coulomb equation. It is also interesting to note that the ''recurrence relation'' between the upper and lower solutions, first obtained by Biedenharn, is exactly the Dirac-Coulomb equation itself, after the transformation S-italic.
Research Organization:
Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut 06430-7524
OSTI ID:
5646816
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. A; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. A; (United States) Vol. 34:2; ISSN PLRAA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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