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http://hdl.handle.net/2289/2700| Title: | A new Bohr-Rydberg spectrum of two-electron states |
| Authors: | Rau, A.R.P. |
| Issue Date: | Dec-1983 |
| Publisher: | IOP Publishing Ltd. |
| Citation: | Journal of Physics B, 1983, Vol.16, pL699-L705 |
| Abstract: | Recently observed states in He- in which two electrons reach high levels of excitation are shown to fit a Rydberg sequence of bound-state energy levels in a six-dimensional Coulomb potential (1/R). Thereby, these states provide conclusive evidence for a new class of quantised energy levels residing at the 'Wannier saddle point' of the two-electron system. In the vicinity of this saddle point of the potential surface, the system reduces to that of a single particle in an attractive Coulomb potential in the six-dimensional hyperspherical radius R=(r12+r22)12/. Energy positions, angular momentum aspects and intensity ratios of the observed states are all in conformity with this picture. |
| Description: | Restricted Access. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2289/2700 |
| ISSN: | 0953-4075 1361-6455 (Online) |
| Alternative Location: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0022-3700/16/23/002 |
| Copyright: | 1983 IOP Publishing Ltd. |
| Appears in Collections: | Research Papers (TP) |
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