
%0 Journal Article
%A J Miller, Ian 
%T The Quantisation of the Screening Constant
%J Australian Journal of Physics
%D 1987/06/01
%V 40
%N 3
%P 329-346
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/PH870329
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/PH870329 
%X 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. 
