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Separation of variables for three-body problems. Application to H +2

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An approximate separation of variables is proposed for the three-body problem in Jacobi coordinates. As an illustration of the method, the three lower states of +2 are calculated.

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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 3, pp. 35–40, March, 1979.

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Ippolitov, I.I., Katyurin, S.V. Separation of variables for three-body problems. Application to H +2 . Soviet Physics Journal 22, 251–255 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00889856

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