Abstract
The asymptotic wave function derived by Alt and Mukhamedzhanov [Phys. Rev. A47, 2004 (1993)] and Mukhamedzhanov and Lieber [Phys. Rev. A54, 3078 (1996)] has been refined in the region where the pair remains close to each other while the third particle is far away from them . The improved wave function satisfies the Schrödinger equation up to the terms of order , provides the leading asymptotic terms of the three-body scattering wave function with Coulomb interactions, and gives further insight into the continuum behavior of the three-charged-particle wave function, and helps to obtain the scattered wave. This opens up further ways of solving and analyzing the three-body Schrödinger equation by numerical means.
- Received 31 August 2005
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.73.012713
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