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An analytic approximation for the energy levels of neutral atoms

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Zeitschrift für Physik A Atoms and Nuclei

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Using a screened coulomb potential, a simple formula is obtained for the shell binding energyE ns of a neutral atom which gives accurate results over the entire range of the atomic number upto 84.

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  1. Department of Physics, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India

    Ranabir Dutt

  2. Department of Physics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

    Y. P. Varshni

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This work was supported in part by a research grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada to one of the authors (Y.P.V.).

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Dutt, R., Varshni, Y.P. An analytic approximation for the energy levels of neutral atoms. Z Physik A 313, 143–145 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01417219

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