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<journal-id>1870-3542</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de física E]]></journal-title>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Quantum confinement particle in a 2D quadrupole potential]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Reyes]]></surname>
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<surname><![CDATA[Reyes]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J. Adrián]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Vázquez]]></surname>
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<surname><![CDATA[del Castillo-Mussot]]></surname>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Departamento de Recuperación de Hidrocarburos  ]]></institution>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Instituto de Física Departamentos de Estado Sólido y Física-Química]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[México D.F.]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
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<month>06</month>
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<volume>56</volume>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1870-35422010000100001&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1870-35422010000100001&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1870-35422010000100001&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[We analytically solve the Hamiltonian for a quantum particle confined in a cylindrical hard-wall well, subject to the action of a two-dimensional quadrupolar potential at the well center. The angular part of the wavefunction is expressed by Mathieu functions whose angular eigenenergies take negative values when the quadrupolar momentum is above a certain threshold. We show that in this case, the radial part of the eigenfunctions is expressed in terms of Bessel functions of an imaginary order which are imaginary-value functions whose phases are not well defined at the origin. However, the density of probability is well defined everywhere and the wave function satisfies hard-wall boundary conditions for any value of the parameters involved. We discuss an alternative criterion for determining the eigenenergies of the system based on the expected value of the symmetrized radial momentum.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Se resuelve analíticamente el hamiltoniano para una partícula confinada en un pozo cilíndrico de paredes duras, sujeto a la acción de un potencial cuadrupolar bidimensional en el centro del pozo. La parte angular de la función de onda es escrita en términos de funciones de Mathieu cuyas energías propias toman valores negativos cuando el momento cuadrupolar está encima de cierto umbral. Se demuestra en este caso que la parte radial puede ser expresada en términos de las funciones de Bessel de orden complejo cuyas fases no están bien definidas en el origen. Sin embargo, la densidad de la probabilidad está bien definida en todos lados y la función de onda satisface las condiciones de frontera para cualquier valor de los parámetros involucrados. Se discute un criterio alternativo para determinar las energías propias del sistema basado en el valor esperado del momento radial simetrizado.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Quadrupolar potential]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[quantum confinement]]></kwd>
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</front><body><![CDATA[ <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="4">Ense&ntilde;anza</font></p>     <p align="center"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="center"><font face="verdana" size="4"><b>Quantum confinement particle in a 2D quadrupole potential</b></font></p>     <p align="center"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="center"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>A. Reyes<sup>a</sup>, J. Adri&aacute;n Reyes<sup>b</sup>, G.J. V&aacute;zquez<sup>b</sup>, and M. del Castillo&#150;Mussot<sup>b</sup></b></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><i><sup><i>a</i></sup> Departamento de Recuperaci&oacute;n de Hidrocarburos Eje Central L&aacute;zaro C&aacute;rdenas Norte 152, San Bartolo Atepehuacan, 07730, D.F.</i></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><sup><i>b</i></sup><i> Departamentos de Estado S&oacute;lido y F&iacute;sica&#150;Qu&iacute;mica, Instituto de F&iacute;sica Universidad Nacional Aut&oacute;noma de M&eacute;xico, Apartado Postal 20&#150;364, M&eacute;xico 01000 D.F. M&eacute;xico.</i></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">Recibido el 30 de septiembre de 2009    ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<br>   Aceptado el 20 de abril de 2010</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Abstract</b></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">We analytically solve the Hamiltonian for a quantum particle confined in a cylindrical hard&#150;wall well, subject to the action of a two&#150;dimensional quadrupolar potential at the well center. The angular part of the wavefunction is expressed by Mathieu functions whose angular eigenenergies take negative values when the quadrupolar momentum is above a certain threshold. We show that in this case, the radial part of the eigenfunctions is expressed in terms of Bessel functions of an imaginary order which are imaginary&#150;value functions whose phases are not well defined at the origin. However, the density of probability is well defined everywhere and the wave function satisfies hard&#150;wall boundary conditions for any value of the parameters involved. We discuss an alternative criterion for determining the eigenenergies of the system based on the expected value of the symmetrized radial momentum.</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Keywords:</b> Quadrupolar potential; quantum confinement.</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Resumen</b></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">Se resuelve anal&iacute;ticamente el hamiltoniano para una part&iacute;cula confinada en un pozo cil&iacute;ndrico de paredes duras, sujeto a la acci&oacute;n de un potencial cuadrupolar bidimensional en el centro del pozo. La parte angular de la funci&oacute;n de onda es escrita en t&eacute;rminos de funciones de Mathieu cuyas energ&iacute;as propias toman valores negativos cuando el momento cuadrupolar est&aacute; encima de cierto umbral. Se demuestra en este caso que la parte radial puede ser expresada en t&eacute;rminos de las funciones de Bessel de orden complejo cuyas fases no est&aacute;n bien definidas en el origen. Sin embargo, la densidad de la probabilidad est&aacute; bien definida en todos lados y la funci&oacute;n de onda satisface las condiciones de frontera para cualquier valor de los par&aacute;metros involucrados. Se discute un criterio alternativo para determinar las energ&iacute;as propias del sistema basado en el valor esperado del momento radial simetrizado.</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Descriptores:</b> Potencial cuadrupolar; confinamiento cu&aacute;ntico.</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     ]]></body>
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