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Volume 9 (1) 2003, 67-78

TWO INTERACTING PARTICLES IN A PARABOLIC WELL: HARMONIUM AND RELATED SYSTEMS*

Karwowski Jacek, Cyrnek Lech

Institute of Physics UMK, Grudziądzka 5, 87-100 Toruń, Poland

Received:

Rec. 10 November 2003

DOI:   10.12921/cmst.2003.09.01.67-78

OAI:   oai:lib.psnc.pl:552

Abstract:

The quasi-exactly solvable problem of two interacting electrons confined by a parabolic potential (harmonium) has been generalized for the case of two arbitrary particles. Several new features of the analytical solutions are presented.

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