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| Authors | Xiao-Yan Gu, Bing Duan, Zhong-Qi Ma |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0108029 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0108029 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevA.64.042108 |
Abstract
The global rotational degrees of freedom in the Schr\"{o}dinger equation for an $N$-body system are completely separated from the internal ones. After removing the motion of center of mass, we find a complete set of $(2\ell+1)$ independent base functions with the angular momentum $\ell$. These are homogeneous polynomials in the components of the coordinate vectors and the solutions of the Laplace equation, where the Euler angles do not appear explicitly. Any function with given angular momentum and given parity in the system can be expanded with respect to the base functions, where the coefficients are the functions of the internal variables. With the right choice of the base functions and the internal variables, we explicitly establish the equations for those functions. Only (3N-6) internal variables are involved both in the functions and in the equations. The permutation symmetry of the wave functions for identical particles is discussed.
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