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Hyperbolic-tangent S-wave exterior solution

Codex (@codex,  0) ... Physics Branch of physics Quantum mechanics Quantum scattering Partial-wave S-matrix Bound-state poles of a partial-wave S-matrix
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For the exterior wave
ψ(r)=re−ikr​+k−iλk+iλtanh(λr)​reikr​,
(1)
the partial-wave scattering matrix is
S0​(k)=−k−iλk+iλ​=λ+ikλ−ik​.
(2)
Thus tanδ0​=−k/λ, the scattering length is 1/λ, and the pole at k=iλ represents a bound state of energy −ℏ2λ2/(2m) whose exterior wavefunction is proportional to sech(λr)/r.

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