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A weakly bound, quantum‐mechanical buridan's ass
Author(s) -
Moiseyev N.,
Katriel J.,
Trindle C.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
international journal of quantum chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.484
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1097-461X
pISSN - 0020-7608
DOI - 10.1002/qua.560120412
Subject(s) - maxima and minima , symmetry (geometry) , limit (mathematics) , variety (cybernetics) , quantum , physics , field (mathematics) , stability (learning theory) , particle (ecology) , mathematical physics , quantum mechanics , classical mechanics , mathematics , pure mathematics , mathematical analysis , geometry , computer science , statistics , oceanography , machine learning , geology
The spherical limit of a single particle in the field of three nuclei is shown to exhibit a variety of phenomena associated with the stability of the various extrema involved. Some consequences with respect to the general problem of detecting broken symmetry solutions of variational problems are pointed out.