Configuration-space Faddeev calculations for bound states of three identical particles using the tensor method

The three-body problem is solved at negative energies using the Faddeev-Noyes equations. The latter are reduced to a matrix equation by spline approximation and orthogonal collocation. This matrix equation is solved using a method that is based on the tensor structure of the matrices. High-accuracy results obtained with this method for systems of three identical particles are presented, for various values of the total angular momentum and for various potential strengths and shapes.