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January 26, 2026International Journal of Modern Physics A1 citations

WKB Approximation for Quaternionic Quantum Mechanics with Purely Imaginary Potentials

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BSBhashkar SinghARA. S. RawatSRSeema Rawat

Key Points

  • This research aims to improve the WKB approximation used for quaternionic quantum mechanics in the context of imaginary potentials.
  • Developed the correct form of coupled equations for quaternionic systems.
  • Focused on the time-independent Schrödinger equation within the quaternionic framework.
  • Applied the non-commutative structure inherent in quaternionic mechanics.
  • Obtained new approximated solutions for the quaternionic time-independent Schrödinger equation.
  • Demonstrated improvements over previous methods in handling imaginary potentials.

Abstract

Solving the Schrödinger equation in quaternionic quantum mechanics (QQM) has been a nut to crack. In complex quantum mechanics (CQM), approximation methods has been used to find the solutions of the Schrödinger equation whem exact solutions are difficult to obatin. The present study challenges the earlier eikonal (or WKB) approximation formalism 17 developed for an imaginary quaternion potential. In this paper, the correct form of coupled equations, obeying the non-commutative structure, and approximated solution for quaternionic time-independent Schrödinger equation (QTISE) have been obtained.

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Singh et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/697703d3722626c4468e8cfahttps://doi.org/10.1142/s0217751x26500533
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