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= Solution

Suppose a normalizable solution satisfies $L\psi=-\kappa^2\psi$. Multiplication by $\overline\psi$, integration over $\mathbb R$, and <integration by parts> give
$$
-\kappa^2\int_{\mathbb R}|\psi|^2\,dx
=\int_{\mathbb R}\overline\psi L\psi\,dx
=\int_{\mathbb R}p^2|\psi'|^2\,dx\geq0.
$$
The boundary term vanishes for a normalizable eigenfunction. The left side is negative unless $\psi=0$, so no nontrivial normalizable solution exists.

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