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On the number of bound states of a three-particle system

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Il Nuovo Cimento (1955-1965)

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The problem of deriving upper bounds to the number of bound states of a three-particle system with two-body interactions is considered. Under very general assumptions about the two-body forces, explicit upper bounds are obtained for the number of bound states lying below a chosen energy value. Such bounds are given in terms of the interactions, of the free and the two-body Green functions. It is shown that it is possible to get rid of the two-body Green functions obtaining formulae of practical use.

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Si considera il problema di ottenere limiti superiori al numéro di stati legati di un sistema di tre particelle con interazioni a due corpi. Sotto ipotesi molto generali sulle forze a due corpi si ottengono esplicitamente limiti superiori per il numero di stati legati che cadono sotto un assegnato valore dell’energia. Tali limiti sono dati in termini delle interazioni e delle funzioni di Green libera e a due corpi. Si mostra che è possibile liberarsi delle funzioni di Green a due corpi ottenendo cosí formule di diretta applicabilità.

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  4. The operatorI considered here is the same operator as the one introduced in eq. (3.10) of ref. (3).

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Communicated at the L Congresso della Società Italiana di Fisica (Catania, 1964).

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Ghirardi, G.C., Rimini, A. On the number of bound states of a three-particle system. Nuovo Cim 37, 450–454 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02749847

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