Comment on “Calculations for the one-dimensional soft Coulomb problem and the hard Coulomb limit”

M. A. Carrillo-Bernal, H. N. Núñez-Yépez, A. L. Salas-Brito, and Didier A. Solis
Phys. Rev. E 91, 027301 – Published 18 February 2015

Abstract

In the referred paper, the authors use a numerical method for solving ordinary differential equations and a softened Coulomb potential 1/x2+β2 to study the one-dimensional Coulomb problem by approaching the parameter β to zero. We note that even though their numerical findings in the soft potential scenario are correct, their conclusions do not extend to the one-dimensional Coulomb problem (β=0). Their claims regarding the possible existence of an even ground state with energy with a Dirac-δ eigenfunction and of well-defined parity eigenfunctions in the one-dimensional hydrogen atom are questioned.

  • Received 18 July 2014

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.91.027301

©2015 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

M. A. Carrillo-Bernal*

  • Facultad de Física, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa de Enríquez CP 91000 Veracruz, Mexico

H. N. Núñez-Yépez

  • Departamento de Física, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Iztapalapa, Apartado Postal 55-534, Iztapalapa CP 09340 D. F., Mexico

A. L. Salas-Brito

  • Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, CP 04510 México D. F., Mexico

Didier A. Solis§

  • Facultad de Matemáticas, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Periférico Norte, Tablaje C 13615, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico

  • *carrillo.marco1293@gmail.com
  • nyhn@xanum.uam.mx
  • Author to whom all correspondence should be addressed: asb@correo.azc.uam.mx; On leave from Departamento de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Azcapotzalco, Azcapotzalco D. F. México, Apartado Postal 21-267 Coyoacán CP 04000 D. F., Mexico.
  • §didier.solis@uady.mx

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Reply to “Comment on ‘Calculations for the one-dimensional soft Coulomb problem and the hard Coulomb limit’ ”

Daniel H. Gebremedhin and Charles A. Weatherford
Phys. Rev. E 91, 027302 (2015)

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Calculations for the one-dimensional soft Coulomb problem and the hard Coulomb limit

Daniel H. Gebremedhin and Charles A. Weatherford
Phys. Rev. E 89, 053319 (2014)

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Vol. 91, Iss. 2 — February 2015

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