Concurrent multiple-state analytic perturbation theory via supersymmetry

Abstract

Conventional nondegenerate perturbation theory for some nth state starts with the corresponding unperturbed state. The present formulation yields recursively perturbation expansions for any bound state using the sole information of the unperturbed ground state. Logarithmic perturbation theory is exploited along with supersymmetric quantum mechanics to achieve this end. As the method involves ground-state perturbations of a series of supersymmetric Hamiltonians, concern about nodal shifts of targeted excited states arises only at the ultimate step, thus, minimizing considerably the labor of clumsy computations involved in dealing with excited states.