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[Bug-gsl] double gsl_sf_hydrogenicR


From: Alexei Meremianin
Subject: [Bug-gsl] double gsl_sf_hydrogenicR
Date: 24 Feb 2006 11:14:40 +0100
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Dear Brian,

I have a big problem.
 According to the info file for the gsl-1.6
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 - Function: double gsl_sf_hydrogenicR (int N, int L, double Z, double
          R)
 - Function: int gsl_sf_hydrogenicR_e (int N, int L, double Z, double
          R, gsl_sf_result * RESULT)
     These routines compute the N-th normalized hydrogenic bound state
     radial wavefunction,
          R_n := 2 (Z^{3/2}/n^2) \sqrt{(n-l-1)!/(n+l)!} \exp(-Z r/n) (2Z/n)^l
                    L^{2l+1}_{n-l-1}(2Z/n r).

     The normalization is chosen such that the wavefunction \psi is
     given by \psi(n,l,r) = R_n Y_{lm}.

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However, as follows from the Book Landau&Lifshitz, "Quantum mechanics",
Pergamon press,
the factor r^l is missing in the above definition of the radial function R_n.
 Could you comment on that.
Is it a bug or feature? Or Laguerre polynomials are defined differently?

-- 
with best regards,
 Alexei Meremianin

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