Unified derivation of exact solutions for a class of quasi-exactly solvable models

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We present a unified treatment of exact solutions for a class of four quantum mechanical models, namely, the anharmonic singular potential, the generalized quantum isotonic oscillator, the soft-core Coulomb potential, and the non-polynomially modified oscillator. We show that all four cases are reducible to the same basic ordinary differential equation, which is quasi-exactly solvable. A systematic and closed form solution to the basic equation is obtained via the Bethe ansatz method. Using the result, general exact expressions for the energies and the allowed potential parameters are given explicitly for each of the four cases in terms of the roots of a set of algebraic equations. A hidden sl(2) algebraic structure is also discovered in these models.

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