Comment on Universal Reduced Potential Function for Diatomic Systems
General Physics
2026-05-07 v2
Abstract
First principles prove why a recent claim by R.H. Xie and P.S. Hsu (Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 243201 (2006)) on the scaling power of a covalent Sutherland parameter to expose a universal function cannot be validated.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/0702087,
title = {Comment on Universal Reduced Potential Function for Diatomic Systems},
author = {G. Van Hooydonk},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0702087},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
1 page, at the UGent archive, 11 references, revised for publication in PRL