Interesting integral involving modulus of difference of vectors, how to solve?

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Hi guys,

Homework Statement


how do i solve (or approximate if not solvable) this integral

[tex]\int\int e^{-\alpha(|\vec{r}_1-\vec{r}_2|-r_0)^2} d^3\vec{r}_1 d^3\vec{r}_2[/tex]

[tex]\alpha>0[/tex]

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Compute:
[tex] |r_{1}-r_{2}|^{2}=(r_{1}-r_{2}).(r_{1}-r_{2})[/tex]
What do you get? Or take an easier example, can you compute:
[tex] \int\int e^{-\alpha (|x-y|-a)^{2}}dxdy[/tex]