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Interpretive theoretical tools prove valuable in guiding the analysis of experiments in the realm of atomic clusters. Here, we review basic elements of an analytic approach that makes it possible to find and visualize the effective electrostatic potential and Coulomb correlations in multicenter problems. To illustrate the utility of these concepts we apply them to exploring molecular-doped metallic clusters. This study is aiming at a systematic, visual assessment of changes induced in screening, Coulomb correlation and effective potential by varying the charge of the electronegative impurity and its position in the cluster cage.
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Despa, F., Berry, R.S. Interpretive approach to collective effects of electrons in multicenter problems. Eur. Phys. J. D 24, 37–40 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2003-00125-6
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2003-00125-6