Mathematica can't calculate Fourier transform (Dirac mean position eigenfunction)
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- Subject: [mg54979] Mathematica can't calculate Fourier transform (Dirac mean position eigenfunction)
- From: "Jacob" <jacob.linacre at gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 05:04:41 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Hi, I'm attempting to use Mathematica to calculate a mean-position
eigenfunction of the Dirac equation. To do so I need to evaluate
Fourier transforms (from k-space to r-space) of wavefunctions dependent
on:
( (1 + k^2 + (1 + k^2)^(1/2) )^(-1/2)
where k is in units of the Compton wavevector.
Cell expression:
Cell[BoxData[
FractionBox["1",
SqrtBox[
RowBox[{"1", "+",
SuperscriptBox["k", "2"], "+",
SqrtBox[
RowBox[{"1", "+",
SuperscriptBox["k", "2"]}]]}]]]], "Output"]
Mathematica is unable to evaluate the FT of the above (either Fourier
sine transform or normal FT). Can anyone give any suggestions as to how
I could evaluate it?
More specifically, I am making a reverse Foldy-Wouthuysen
transformation of a mean-position eigenfunction in p-space, then
transforming the result into r-space assuming spherical symmetry. The
first component of the r-space eigenfunction is given by the Fourier
sine transform of:
k ( 1 + (1 + k^2)^(-1/2) )^(1/2)
Cell[BoxData[
RowBox[{"k", " ",
SqrtBox[
RowBox[{"1", "+",
FractionBox["1",
SqrtBox[
RowBox[{"1", "+",
SuperscriptBox["k", "2"]}]]]}]]}]], "Output"]
Thanks for any help.