Study on the applicability of Varshni potential to predict the mass-spectra of the quark-antiquark systems in a non-relativistic framework

Abstract: In this work, we obtain the Schrödinger equation solutions for the Varshni potential using the Nikiforov-Uvarov method. The energy eigenvalues are obtained in non-relativistic regime. The corresponding eigenfunction is obtained in terms of Laguerre polynomials. We applied the present results to calculate heavy-meson masses of charmonium cc ¯ and bottomonium bb ¯. The mass spectra for charmonium and bottomonium multiplets have been predicted numerically. The results are in good agreement with experimental data and the works of other researchers. Keywords: Schrödinger equation, Varshni potential, Nikiforov-Uvarov method, Heavy meson. PACs: 14.20.Lq; 03.65.-w; 14.40.Pq; 11.80.Fv.