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We study a heavy-heavy-light three-body system confined to one space dimension. Both binding energies and corresponding wave functions are obtained for (i) the zero-range, and (ii) two finite-range attractive heavy-light interaction…

A new variational basis with well-behaved local approximation properties and multiple output is proposed for Coulomb systems. The trial function has proper behaviour at all Coulomb centres. Nonlinear asymptotic parameters are introduced…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Vladimir S. Vanyashin

In this paper, hyperspherical three-body model formalism has been applied for the calculation energies of the low-lying bound $^{1,3}$S (L=0)-states of neutral helium and helium like Coulombic three-body systems having nuclear charge (Z) in…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-11-19 Md. Abdul Khan

Matrix mechanics is an important component of an undergraduate education in quantum mechanics. In this paper we present several examples of the use of matrix mechanics to solve for a number of three dimensional problems involving central…

Classical Physics · Physics 2015-11-17 B. A. Jugdutt , F. Marsiglio

The elastic collision between two ortho-positronium (e.g. S=1) atoms is studied using an ab-initio static-exchange model (SEM) in the center of mass (CM) frame considering the system as a four-body Coulomb problem where all the Coulomb…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-05-05 Hasi Ray

We propose a novel method for calculating resonances in three-body Coulombic systems. The method is based on the solution of the set of Faddeev and Lippmann-Schwinger integral equations, which are designed for solving the three-body Coulomb…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 Z. Papp , I. N. Filikhin , S. L. Yakovlev

Coulomb interaction, following an inverse-square force-law, quantifies the amount of force between two stationary and electrically charged particles. The long-range nature of Coulomb interactions poses a major challenge to molecular…

Computational Physics · Physics 2022-01-26 Jiuyang Liang , Pan Tan , Yue Zhao , Lei Li , Shi Jin , Liang Hong , Zhenli Xu

In this paper we take up the quantal two-centre problem where the Coulomb centres have arbitrary positive charges. In analogy with the symmetric case, treated in the second paper of this series of papers, we use the knowledge on the…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2015-06-26 N. Athavan , N. Fröman , M. Lakshmanan

Efficiently simulating many-body quantum systems with Coulomb interactions is a fundamental question in quantum physics, quantum chemistry, and quantum computing, yet it presents unique challenges: the Hamiltonian is an unbounded operator…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-10 Di Fang , Xiaoxu Wu

We explore the helical quantum two-body problem i.e. two repulsively Coulomb interacting particles confined to move along a helix. The effective potential possesses a tunable number of potential wells superimposed on the repulsive Coulomb…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-11 Peter Schmelcher

We present a detailed derivation of the continuity, Euler, and energy balance equations from many particle Schrodinger equation. Interparticle interaction is explicitly considered as the Coulomb interaction. We show the QHD equations in a…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2014-07-30 P. A. Andreev , L. S. Kuz'menkov

Leaning upon the Fock method of the stereographic projection of the three-dimensional momentum space onto the four-dimensional unit sphere the possibility of the analytical solving of the Lippmann-Schwinger integral equation for the partial…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2016-10-06 V. F. Kharchenko

Starting from the integral representation of the three-dimensional Coulomb transition matrix elaborated by us formerly with the use of specific symmetry of the interaction in a four-dimensional Euclidean space introduced by Fock, the…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2017-09-05 V. F. Kharchenko

We investigate the prospects of combining a standard momentum space approach for ultracold three-body scattering with efficient coordinate space schemes to solve the underlying two-body problem. In many of those schemes the two-body problem…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2021-03-17 T. Secker , J. -L. Li , P. M. A. Mestrom , S. J. J. M. F. Kokkelmans

Recently, a new approach for solving the three-body problem for (d,p) reactions in the Coulomb-distorted basis in momentum space was proposed. Important input quantities for such calculations are the scattering matrix elements for proton-…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-22 L. Hlophe , V. Eremenko , Ch. Elster , F. M. Nunes , G. Arbanas , J. E. Escher , I. J. Thompson

The starting point is the problem of finding the interaction energy of two coinciding homogeneous cubic charge distributions. The brute force method of subdividing the cube into $N^3$ sub-cubes and doing the sums results in slow convergence…

Atomic and Molecular Clusters · Physics 2007-05-23 Hanno Essen

We calculate resonances in three-body systems with attractive Coulomb potentials by solving the homogeneous Faddeev-Merkuriev integral equations for complex energies. The equations are solved by using the Coulomb-Sturmian separable…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Z. Papp , J. Darai , J. Zs. Mezei , Z. T. Hlousek , C-. Y. Hu

The two-body problem with a central interaction on simply connected constant curvature spaces of an arbitrary dimension is considered. The explicit expression for the quantum two-body Hamiltonian via a radial differential operator and…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. V. Shchepetilov , I. E. Stepanova

The study of scattering processes in few body systems is a difficult problem especially if long range interactions are involved. In order to solve such problems, we develop here a potential-splitting approach for three body systems. This…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2016-06-13 E. Yarevsky , S. L. Yakovlev , Å. Larson , N. Elander

This work describes a few-body dynamics method based on the Faddeev integral equations in momentum space for determining the total cross sections of fusion and breakup reactions with two- and three-body final channels in the continuum,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-04-27 Mikhail Egorov