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Half-line square-root potential well (V(x)=ax​,x>0,ψ(0)=0)

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A confining Quantum Hamiltonian on x>0 with a>0, potential ax​ and a Dirichlet boundary condition at zero has natural length ℓ=(ℏ2/(2ma))2/5 and energy E∗​=(ℏ2a4/(2m))1/5. Rescaling x=ℓy gives H/E∗​=−d2/dy2+y​, so every energy eigenvalue scales as E∗​. The potential derivative diverges at the wall even though the potential itself is finite there.

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