The Hellmann potential, which is a superposition of an attractive Coulomb potential −a/r and a Yukawa potential b e−δr/r, is often used to compute bound-state normalizations and energy levels of neutral atoms. By using the generalized parametric Nikiforov—Uvarov (NU) method, we have obtained the approximate analytical solutions of the radial Schrödinger equation (SE) for the Hellmann potential. The energy eigenvalues and corresponding eigenfunctions are calculated in closed forms. Some numerical results are presented, which show good agreement with a numerical amplitude phase method and also those previously obtained by other methods. As a particular case, we find the energy levels of the pure Coulomb potential.

We approximately investigated pseudospin symmetric solutions of the Dirac equation for attractive radial potential, including a Coulomb-like tensor interaction under pseudospin symmetry limit for any spin-orbit quantum number κ. By using the parametric generalization of the Nikiforov-Uvarov method, the energy eigenvalues equation and the corresponding wave functions have been obtained in closed forms. Some numerical results are also given. We presented tensor interaction removes degeneracy between two states in pseudospin doublets.

The Tietz–Hua (TH) potential is one of the very best analytical model potentials for the vibrational energy of diatomic molecules. By using the Nikiforov–Uvarov method and Pekeris approximation to the centrifugal term, we have obtained the solutions of the radial Schrödinger equation for the TH potential. The energy eigenvalues and corresponding eigenfunctions are calculated in closed form. Some remarks and numerical results are also presented for some diatomic molecules.