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In Chapter 8 we treated hydrogenic atoms as if their nuclei were infinitely massive. Let us now refine the analysis and consider two particles with masses m1 and m2 and charges Z1e and Z2e, respectively, so that
is the Hamilton operator. Introduce the position vector of the center of gravitv. or center of mass:
the relative position vector:
the total momentum:
the relative momentum:
.
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Schwinger, J. (2001). Two-Particle Coulomb Problem. In: Englert, BG. (eds) Quantum Mechanics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04589-3_10
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