Exact solution of the 1D Dirac equation for the inverse-square-root potential $1/\sqrt{x}$

Abstract

We present the exact solution of the 1D Dirac equation for the inverse-square-root potential $1/\sqrt{x}$ for several configurations of vector, pseudo-scalar and scalar fields. Each fundamental solution of the problem can be written as an irreducible linear combination of two Hermite functions of a scaled and shifted argument. We derive the exact equations for bound-state energy eigenvalues and construct accurate approximations for the energy spectrum.