THE BETHE–SALPETER EQUATION FOR MANY-BODY SYSTEMS
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The mathematical technicalities involved in reducing the Bethe–Salpeter equation to the Schrodinger form of a wave equation are simplified by means of a formal modification of the interaction process for systems of many particles. This also makes it possible to carry out the reduction in a unique manner. The consequences of the modification are clearly explained, and it is shown that for atomic systems numerical results remain unchanged to order α2. There would seem to be some grounds for believing that numerical results remain unchanged to all orders, but no formal proof of this has been achieved.
2018 ◽
Vol 73
(7)
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pp. 619-628
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2008 ◽
Vol 17
(supp01)
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pp. 304-317
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