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On the 3n+l Quantum Number in the Cluster Problem

Condensed Matter 2009-10-28 v1

Abstract

It has recently been suggested that an exactly solvable problem characterized by a new quantum number may underlie the electronic shell structure observed in the mass spectra of medium-sized sodium clusters. We investigate whether the conjectured quantum number 3n+l bears a similarity to the quantum numbers n+l and 2n+l, which characterize the hydrogen problem and the isotropic harmonic oscillator in three dimensions.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9606050,
  title  = {On the 3n+l Quantum Number in the Cluster Problem},
  author = {Erik Koch},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9606050},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

8 pages, revtex, 4 eps figures included, to be published in Phys.Rev.A, additional material available at http://radix2.mpi-stuttgart.mpg.de/koch/Diss/