Alternative sets of hyperspherical harmonics: Satisfying cusp conditions through frame transformations

Journal of Mathematical Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 2162-2180

  Heim, Thomas A ^a,b   Green, Dmitry ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c Yale University   (United States)

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EID: 0033239780     PISSN: 00222488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.532857     Document Type: Article

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