TY - JOUR
T1 - Atomic and molecular negative ions
AU - Lieb, Elliott H.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1984
Y1 - 1984
N2 - An upper bound is given for the maximum number, Nc, of negative particles (fermions or bosons or a mixture of both) of charge -e that can be bound to an atomic nucleus of charge + ze. If z is integral then Nc<~2z. In particular, this is the first proof that H - is not stable. For a molecule, Nc<~2Z+K-1, where K is the number of atoms in the molecule and Z is the total nuclear charge.
AB - An upper bound is given for the maximum number, Nc, of negative particles (fermions or bosons or a mixture of both) of charge -e that can be bound to an atomic nucleus of charge + ze. If z is integral then Nc<~2z. In particular, this is the first proof that H - is not stable. For a molecule, Nc<~2Z+K-1, where K is the number of atoms in the molecule and Z is the total nuclear charge.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.52.315
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.52.315
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:35949020315
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 52
SP - 315
EP - 317
JO - Physical review letters
JF - Physical review letters
IS - 5
ER -