Bound state solutions of Dirac equation with radial exponential-type potentials

Abstract

In this work, a direct approach for obtaining analytical bound state solutions of the Dirac equation for radial exponential-type potentials with spin and pseudospin symmetry conditions within the frame of the Green and Aldrich approximation to the centrifugal term is presented. The proposal is based on the relation existing between the Dirac equation and the exactly solvable Schrödinger equation for a class of multi-parameter exponential-type potential. The usefulness of the present approach is exemplified by considering some known specific exponential-type potentials which are obtained as particular cases from our proposal. That is, instead of solving the Dirac equation for a special exponential potential, by means of a specialized method, the energy spectra and wave functions are derived directly from the proposed approach. Beyond the applications considered in this work, our proposition could be used as an alternative way in the search of bound state solutions of the Dirac equation for other potentials as well as it can be easily adapted to other approximations to the centrifugal term.