Reply to Comment on Analytical wave functions for atomic quantum-defect theory' ''

Journal Article · Sun Mar 31 23:00:00 EST 1991 · Physical Review, A; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.43.4063· OSTI ID:5610245

Kostelecky, V A ^[1]; Nieto, M M ^[2]

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1. Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405 (US)
2. Los Alamos National Laboratory, University of California, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 (US)

The preceding paper, by Martin and Barrientos (Phys. Rev. A 43, 4061 (1991)), comments on our supersymmetry-inspired model of atomic physics. We relate this to other Comments (Rau, Phys. Rev. Lett. 56, 95 (1986) and Goodfriend, Phys. Rev. A 41, 1730 (1990)) and point out that, although the mathematics and physics of the 1974 Simons model (J. Chem. Phys. 60, 645 (1974)) is similar to ours, it is not identical. This is elucidated by explicitly comparing our symmetry-based approach to the more phenomenological approach of Martin and Barrientos.

• OSTI ID: 5610245
• Journal Information: Physical Review, A; (USA), Journal Name: Physical Review, A; (USA) Vol. 43:7; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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