The convergent close-coupling method is shown to overcome the remaining discrepancies with experiment of electron-hydrogen ionization. Consequently, this method is able to calculate accurately the Coulomb three-body problems which include electron collisions with hydrogen and helium (within the frozen core model), and helium double photoionization at all incident energies and kinematical or geometrical arrangements of the outgoing electrons.

• Received 17 May 2002

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.273201