We present an approach to solve Bethe-Salpeter (BS) equations exactly withoutany approximation if the kernel of the BS equations exactly is instantaneous, and take positroniumas an example to illustrate the general fe...We present an approach to solve Bethe-Salpeter (BS) equations exactly withoutany approximation if the kernel of the BS equations exactly is instantaneous, and take positroniumas an example to illustrate the general features of the exact solutions. The key step for theapproach is from the BS equations to derive a set of coupled and well-determined integrationequations in linear eigenvalue for the components of the BS wave functions equivalently, which maybe solvable numerically under a controlled accuracy, even though there is no analytic solution. Forpositronium, the exact solutions precisely present corrections to those of the correspondingSchrodinger equation in order υ~1 (υ is the relative velocity) for eigenfunctions, in order υ~2for eigenvalues, and the mixing between S and D components in J~(PC) = 1~(--) states etc.,quantitatively. Moreover, we also point out that there is a questionable step in some existentderivations for the instantaneous BS equations if one is pursuing the exact solutions. Finally, weemphasize that one should take the O(υ) corrections emerging in the exact solutions into accountaccordingly if one is interested in the relativistic corrections for relevant problems to the boundstates.展开更多
文摘We present an approach to solve Bethe-Salpeter (BS) equations exactly withoutany approximation if the kernel of the BS equations exactly is instantaneous, and take positroniumas an example to illustrate the general features of the exact solutions. The key step for theapproach is from the BS equations to derive a set of coupled and well-determined integrationequations in linear eigenvalue for the components of the BS wave functions equivalently, which maybe solvable numerically under a controlled accuracy, even though there is no analytic solution. Forpositronium, the exact solutions precisely present corrections to those of the correspondingSchrodinger equation in order υ~1 (υ is the relative velocity) for eigenfunctions, in order υ~2for eigenvalues, and the mixing between S and D components in J~(PC) = 1~(--) states etc.,quantitatively. Moreover, we also point out that there is a questionable step in some existentderivations for the instantaneous BS equations if one is pursuing the exact solutions. Finally, weemphasize that one should take the O(υ) corrections emerging in the exact solutions into accountaccordingly if one is interested in the relativistic corrections for relevant problems to the boundstates.
