A Method for Achieving Analytic Formulas for Three Body Integrals Consisting of Powers and Exponentials in All Three Interparticle Hyllerass Coordinates

• Main Author: Keating, Chris M.
• Format: Others
• Published: PDXScholar 2015
• Subjects: Quantum theory; Particles (Nuclear physics); Mathematical physics; Physics; Quantum Physics
• Online Access: https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/2638; https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3643&context=open_access_etds

After an introduction to the variational principle of three body systems via the Helium atom, we present general analytical formulas for the radial parts of integrals that occur when three body systems are described using wave functions that consist of powers and exponentials in all three interparticle Hylleraas coordinates [Hylleraas1929]. This work is an extension of integrals given by Harris, Frolov and Smith, Jr. [Harris2004]. Specifically included are radial integrals encountered in calculations involving the dipole moment matrix element in Hylleraas coordinates that contain a function f(kr1) (such as a spherical Bessel function) in addition to a plane wave, a hydrogenic orbital and exponentials in all three interparticle coordinates.