A chainlike relative coordinate system for few-particle problems

James Emil Avery, John Scales Avery

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Abstract

Jacobi coordinates have often been used to treat few-particle quantum systems. In this paper, we propose an alternative coordinate system which is very easily generalized as the number of particles becomes larger. We make use of forms of the Laplace--Beltrami operator that are invariant under general coordinate transformations, and use Coulomb Sturmian basis sets to solve the N-body wave equation.
Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Mathematical Chemistry
Volume55
Issue number2
Pages (from-to)584-597
Number of pages14
ISSN0259-9791
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017

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