Fast Convergent Hyperspherical Expansion and Its Application to Precise Nonvariational Atomic Calculations

Abstract

An efficient method of solving the three-body Schroedinger equation is presented. The wave function 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 10 to the 8th power.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA227517

Entities

People

  • M. I. Haftel
  • V. B. Mandelzweig

Organizations

  • University of Maryland

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Angular Momentum
  • Atoms
  • Calorific Value
  • Convergence
  • Differential Equations
  • Eigenvalues
  • Equations
  • Ground State
  • Harmonics
  • Military Research
  • Momentum
  • Nuclear Properties
  • Nuclear Scattering
  • Particles
  • Variational Methods
  • Wave Functions

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Quantum spin resonance or Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy.