Energy eigenstates of position-dependent mass particles in a spherical quantum dot

Abstract: We obtain the exact energy spectrum of nonuniform mass particles for a collection of Hamiltonians in a three-dimensional approach to a quantum dot. By considering a set of generalized Schr\"odinger equations with different orderings between the particle's momentum and mass, the energy bound-states are calculated analytically for hard boundary conditions. The present results are of interest in atomic physics and quantum dot theory.