A fast convergent hyperspherical expansion for the helium ground state

M. I. Haftel*, V. B. Mandelzweig

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Abstract

An efficient method of solving the three-body Schrödinger equation is presented. The wavefunction is decomposed into the product of a correlation factor describing the singularity and clustering structure, and a smooth factor expanded in hyperspherical harmonics. The application to the helium atom yields a ground state energy of 2.9037244 (2.9033052) au for infinite (finite) nuclear mass. The convergence pattern shows that the accuracy of these values is better than a few parts in 108.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)232-236
Number of pages5
JournalPhysics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
Volume120
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 23 Feb 1987

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