We derive exact analytical solutions to the Schrödinger equation featuring a dual-scale potential, namely, a blend of a van der Waals (vdW) potential and an isotropic harmonic potential. The asymptotic behaviors of these solutions as (rrightarrow 0) and (rrightarrow infty ) are also elucidated. These results are obtained through the approach we recently developed [arXiv: 2207.09377]. Using our results, we further calculate the s-wave and p-wave energy spectrums of two particles confined in an isotropic harmonic trap, with vdW inter-particle interaction. We compare our exact results and the ones given by the zero-range pseudopotential (ZRP) approaches, with either energy-dependent or energy-independent s-wave scattering length (a_s) or p-wave scattering volume (V_p). It is shown that the results of ZRP approaches with energy-dependent (a_s) or (V_p) consist well with our exact ones, when the length scale (beta _6) of the vdW potential equals to or less than the length scale (a_h) of the confinement potential. Furthermore, when (beta _6gg a_h) (e.g., (beta _6=10a_h)) all the ZRP approaches fail. Our results are helpful for the research of confined ultracold atoms or molecules with strong vdW interactions.
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