Spectral analysis for a three-dimensional superradiance problem

Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications

Volumn 375, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 762-776

  SenGupta, Indranil ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bessel functions; Continued fractions; Eigenvalue and eigenvector; Quantum mechanics; Singular Sturm Liouville problem

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149414329     PISSN: 0022247X     EISSN: 10960813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmaa.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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