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Bound State of Dimers on a Spherical Surface

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The study of particle motion on spherical surfaces is relevant to adsorption on buckyballs and other solid particles. This paper reports resugts for the binding energy of such dimers, consisting of two light particles (He atoms or hydrogen molecules) constrained to move on a spherical surface. The binding energy reaches a particularly large value when the radius of the sphere is about 3/4 of the particles' diameter.

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  1. Department of Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802

    M.K. Kostov & M.W. Cole

  2. Departamento de Fisica, Facugtad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, 1428, Argentina

    E.S. Hernandez

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Kostov, M., Hernandez, E. & Cole, M. Bound State of Dimers on a Spherical Surface. Journal of Low Temperature Physics 134, 321–326 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JOLT.0000012573.22936.49

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