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I. S. Gradshteyn and I. M. Ryzhik, "Table of Integrals, Series and Products", Sixth Edition, Ed. Academic Press

1) The document presents the Fourier transform of a momentum-space wave function Φ(p) to the coordinate-space wave function ψ(x). 2) Working through the integral algebraically, the coordinate-space wave function ψ(x) is expressed as an integral from -∞ to ∞ involving hyperbolic sine and exponential terms. 3) By making substitutions for the variables, the integral is expressed in terms of the inverse hyperbolic sine of z. 4) The solution of this integral is found in a reference book and results in the coordinate-space wave function ψ(x) being expressed in terms of Bessel functions.

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I. S. Gradshteyn and I. M. Ryzhik, "Table of Integrals, Series and Products", Sixth Edition, Ed. Academic Press

1) The document presents the Fourier transform of a momentum-space wave function Φ(p) to the coordinate-space wave function ψ(x). 2) Working through the integral algebraically, the coordinate-space wave function ψ(x) is expressed as an integral from -∞ to ∞ involving hyperbolic sine and exponential terms. 3) By making substitutions for the variables, the integral is expressed in terms of the inverse hyperbolic sine of z. 4) The solution of this integral is found in a reference book and results in the coordinate-space wave function ψ(x) being expressed in terms of Bessel functions.

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Now the aim is transform the solution from momentum-space to the

coordinate-space:
im2 c3
  p 
ipE
Φ(p) = C1 exp − sinh (1)
~q E ~q E mc
Using the Fourier transform (in 1 + 1-dimensions):
Z ∞
m2 c3
  p 
C1 i
px Ep
ψ(x) = 1 e exp i
~ −i sinh dp (2)
(2π~) 2 −∞ q E~ q E~ mc

Working the integral algebraically


" ! #
Z ∞ x + qEE m2 c3  p 
ψ(x) ∼ exp p i −i sinh dp
−∞ ~ q E~ mc

If
E x + x0 m2 c3 1
x0 := , A := i , B := , C := (3)
qE ~ q E~ mc

Then Z ∞
ψ(x) ∼ exp [A p − iB sinh (Cp)] dp
−∞

Consider
sinh−1 (z)
z := sinh(Cp) ⇒ p=
C

dz dz dz
dz = C cosh(Cp)dp ⇒ = q = √ = dp
C cosh(Cp) C 1 + sinh2 (Cp) C 1 + z2

∞
exp ν sinh−1 (z) − iB z
Z  
ψ(x) ∼ √ dz (4)
−∞ C 1 + z2

The solution of the integral (4) can be found in the book1 . Therefore
exp ν sinh−1 (z) − iB z
Z ∞  
C1
ψ(x) = 1 √ dz
C (2π~) 2 −∞ 1 + z2
1
I. S. Gradshteyn and I. M. Ryzhik, “Table of integrals, series and products”, Sixth
Edition, Ed. Academic Press.

1

iνπ

C1 2 exp − 2 Kν (B) for B > 0

= 1 (5)
C (2π~) 2  iνπ

2 exp Kν (−B) for B < 0

2

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