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Novel evidence, sparked by Bielefeld measurements of two-photon Quasi-Landau excitations, is interpreted in the context of its relevance to more general phenomena. The interpretation implies that resonant states localized in regions of high potential energy decay to lower potential regions at large radial distances, where the period of classical orbits exceeds the half-life of localization. The localized states are now seen to be stabilized mainly by repulsion from states localized at low potentials rather than by short-range mechanisms, an unanticipated conclusion. These findings require an adaptation of earlier theory, which is outlined together with initial steps that are reported elsewhere.
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Fano, U. (1988). Implications of New Evidence on Quasi-Landau Spectra for a Unified Treatment of Collisions and Spectra. In: Taylor, K.T., Nayfeh, M.H., Clark, C.W. (eds) Atomic Spectra and Collisions in External Fields. Physics of Atoms and Molecules. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1061-7_3
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