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Electrons above a Helium Surface and the One-Dimensional Rydberg Atom

Michael Martin Nieto

quant-pharXiv:quant-ph/9908059

Abstract

Isolated electrons resting above a helium surface are predicted to have a bound spectrum corresponding to a one-dimensional hydrogen atom. But in fact, the observed spectrum is closer to that of a quantum-defect atom. Such a model is discussed and solved in analytic closed form.

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