A Note on a Soluble Three?Body Problem

Abstract

A class of soluble three-body systems suggested by Pluvinage is studied. The Hamiltonian Ho of these systems is not Hermitian, and the energy spectrum contains a continuum of bound states. The use of H 0 as a reference Hamiltonian in calculations of the helium atom ground state, as suggested by Pluvinage and Walsh, is discussed in the light of these results.