Bessel function expansions of Coulomb wave functions

Abstract

From the convergence properties of the expansion of the function Φ_l∝r^(−l−1)F_l in powers of the energy, we successively obtain the expansions of F_l and G_l as single series of modified Bessel functions I_(2l+1+n) and K_(2l+1+n), respectively, as well as corresponding asymptotic approximations of G_l for ‖η‖→∞. Both repulsive and attractive fields are considered for real and complex energies as well. The expansion of F_l is not new, but its convergence is given a simpler and corrected proof. The simplest form of the asymptotic approximations obtained for G_l, in the case of a repulsive field and for low positive energies, is compared to an expansion obtained by Abramowitz.

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