The three-body problem in the path integral formalism

摘要

The propagator related to the Calogero potential is calculated in the phase space by way of Feynman formalism. The energy spectrum is determined along with the corresponding wave functions. In case some constraints are introduced, the problem may be reduced to the one corresponding to a particle constrained to move into a sector of opening angle C. It is shown as well that complicated potentials, may be transformed to allow the calculation of the energy spectrum via the Kleinert method. (C) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.