A method using an expansion of the components of the four-body Yakubovsky wave function in the basis of solutions to the Faddeev equation for the two-cluster sub-Hamiltonian eigenfunctions is proposed. This expansion reduces the Yakubovsky differential equations to a system of coupled-channel equations for functions depending on the relative coordinates of the subsystems of two-cluster partitions. On the basis of the resulting equations, the four-nucleon bound-state problem and the problem of zero-energy n3H scattering are solved with the aid of a relatively small computer.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1794-1802
Number of pages9
JournalPhysics of Atomic Nuclei
Volume60
Issue number11
StatePublished - 1 Nov 1997

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  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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