Eur. Phys. J. D (2013) 67: 126
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2013-40106-6

Regular Article

On the Galilean transformation of the few-electron wave functions

Department of Chemistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6H 5B7, Canada

^a e-mail: afrolov@uwo.ca

Received: 27 February 2013
Received in final form: 11 April 2013
Published online: 27 June 2013

Abstract

The Galilean transformations of the few-electron atomic wave functions are considered. We discuss the few-electron wave functions constructed in the model of independent electrons as well as the truly correlated (or highly accurate) wave functions. Results of our analysis are applied to determine the probability of formation of the negatively charged tritium/protium ions during the nuclear (n, ³He; t, p)-reaction of the helium-3 atoms with thermal/slow neutrons.