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RESEARCH ARTICLE

The Quantisation of the Screening Constant

Ian J Miller

Australian Journal of Physics 40(3) 329 - 346
Published: 1987

Abstract

Relationships are given in which the 'screening defect' is expressed in terms of the quantum numbers n and I for both the ground and excited states of neutral atoms for which the electron configuration can be considered as one electron and a core of completed shells. It is further shown that the same functions determine the ground-state energies for any series of neutral atoms with the same outer shell configuration. An explanation is offered in terms of wavefunctions with fewer nodes than the corresponding hydrogen wavefunctions.

https://doi.org/10.1071/PH870329

© CSIRO 1987

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