Atomic and molecular negative ions

Elliott H. Lieb

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.52.315

Atomic and molecular negative ions

Elliott H. Lieb

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	315-317
Number of pages	3
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	52
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.52.315
State	Published - 1984

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