Bootstrapping more QM systems

Abstract

Abstract We test the bootstrap approach for determining the spectrum of one dimensional Hamiltonians. In this paper we focus on problems that have a two parameter search space in the bootstrap approach: the double well and a periodic potential associated with the Mathieu equation. For the double well, we compare the bootstrapped energies with contributions from perturbative and non-perturbative results, finding good agreement. For the periodic potentials, we notice that the bootstrap approach gives the band structure of the periodic potential, but it has trouble finding the quasi-momentum of the system. To make further progress on determining the dispersion relation of the bands, new techniques are needed.

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