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Anharmonic oscillator analysis using modified Airy functions

Anharmonic oscillator analysis using modified Airy functions

Canadian Journal of Physics, 1992
Abstract
We have applied the modified Airy function (MAF) method to the analysis of an anharmonic oscillator, characterized by the potential V(x) = k x2/2 + a x4, k > 0, a > 0. The MAF method gives an accurate closed-form expression for the wave function as well as very accurate eigenvalues with much less numerical effort than the five-term (eighth-order) WKBJ approximation. The application of the first-order perturbation correction to the MAF eigenvalues makes them even more accurate than those obtained by the five-term WKBJ approximation.

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