Zernike polynomials from the tridiagonalization of the radial harmonic oscillator in displaced Fock states

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Main Authors: Yamani, Hashim A., Mouayn, Zouhaïr
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author Yamani, Hashim A.
Mouayn, Zouhaïr
author_facet Yamani, Hashim A.
Mouayn, Zouhaïr
contents We revisit the J-matrix method for the one dimensional radial harmonic oscillator (RHO) and construct its tridiagonal matrix representation within an orthonormal basis phi(z)n of L2 (R+);parametrized by a fixed z in the complex unit disc D and n = 0,1,2,.... Remarkably, for fixed n,and varying z in D, the system phi(z)n forms a family of Perelomov-type coherent states associated with the RHO. For each fixed n, the expansion of phi(z)n over the basis (fs) of eigenfunctions of the RHO yields coefficients cn,s(z; z) precisely given by two-dimensional complex Zernike polynomials. The key insight is that the algebraic tridiagonal structure of RHO contains the complete information about the bound state solutions of the two-dimensional Schrödinger operator describing a charged particle in a magnetic field (of strength proportional to B > 1/2) on the Poincaré disc D.
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spellingShingle Zernike polynomials from the tridiagonalization of the radial harmonic oscillator in displaced Fock states
Yamani, Hashim A.
Mouayn, Zouhaïr
Mathematical Physics
We revisit the J-matrix method for the one dimensional radial harmonic oscillator (RHO) and construct its tridiagonal matrix representation within an orthonormal basis phi(z)n of L2 (R+);parametrized by a fixed z in the complex unit disc D and n = 0,1,2,.... Remarkably, for fixed n,and varying z in D, the system phi(z)n forms a family of Perelomov-type coherent states associated with the RHO. For each fixed n, the expansion of phi(z)n over the basis (fs) of eigenfunctions of the RHO yields coefficients cn,s(z; z) precisely given by two-dimensional complex Zernike polynomials. The key insight is that the algebraic tridiagonal structure of RHO contains the complete information about the bound state solutions of the two-dimensional Schrödinger operator describing a charged particle in a magnetic field (of strength proportional to B > 1/2) on the Poincaré disc D.
title Zernike polynomials from the tridiagonalization of the radial harmonic oscillator in displaced Fock states
topic Mathematical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.22933