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Contents
1 Introduction | 1 |
2 Quantummechanical fewbody problems | 7 |
3 Introduction to variational methods | 21 |
4 Stochastic variational method | 39 |
5 Other methods to solve fewbody problems | 64 |
6 Variational trial functions | 75 |
7 Matrix elements for spherical Gaussians | 123 |
8 Small atoms and molecules | 149 |
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Common terms and phrases
alpha-particle approximation Atomic units baryons basis dimension basis function biexciton binding energy bound calculate the matrix center-of-mass motion central potential Clebsch-Gordan coefficients coefficient Complement components convergence correlated Gaussian correlated Gaussian-type geminals Coulomb defined denotes detB diagonal eigenstate eigenvalue electrons equation evaluation example excited expansion expressed in terms Faddeev few-body problems formula Gaussian basis given ground ground-state energy Hamiltonian integration interaction isospin Jacobi coordinate set kinetic energy magnetic field mass matrix element method momenta non-negative nonlinear parameters nuclear nucleons obtained operator optimization orbital angular momentum parity partial waves permutation Phys positron PS2 molecule quantum dots quantum numbers quark relation relative coordinates Sect single-particle solution space spatial spherical harmonics spin function Suzuki symmetric symmetric matrix Table tensor theorem three-body tion transformation trial function triton Varga variational wave function