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Two electrons on a hypersphere: A quasiexactly solvable model

  • Pierre François Loos*
  • , Peter M.W. Gill
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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    Abstract

    We show that the exact wave function for two electrons, interacting through a Coulomb potential but constrained to remain on the surface of a D-sphere (D≥1), is a polynomial in the interelectronic distance u for a countably infinite set of values of the radius R. A selection of these radii and the associated energies are reported for ground and excited states on the singlet and triplet manifolds. We conclude that the D=3 model bears the greatest similarity to normal physical systems.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number123008
    JournalPhysical Review Letters
    Volume103
    Issue number12
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 18 Sept 2009

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