Statistical analysis and information theory of screened Kratzer–Hellmann potential model

Abstract

In this research, the radial Schrödinger equation for a newly proposed screened Kratzer–Hellmann potential model was studied via the conventional Nikiforov–Uvarov method. The approximate bound state solution of the Schrödinger equation was obtained using the Greene–Aldrich approximation in addition to the normalized eigenfunction for the new potential model, both analytically and numerically. These results were employed to evaluate the rotational–vibrational partition function and other thermodynamic properties for the screened Kratzer–Hellmann potential. The results obtained have been graphically discussed. Also, the normalized eigenfunction has been used to calculate some information-theoretic measures including Shannon entropy and Fisher information for low-lying states in both position and momentum spaces numerically. The Shannon entropy results obtained agreed with the Bialynicki-Birula and Mycielski inequality, while the Fisher information results obtained agreed with the Stam, Cramér–Rao inequality. Also, alternating increasing and decreasing localization across the screening parameter for both eigenstates was observed.