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Hydrogen is the unique atom for which bound-state wave functions are known exactly. The alkali metal atoms, with a single valence electron, can also be conveniently included in the class of “one-electron” atoms. A model that represents the closed-shell positive ion core of these atoms by an effective static potential is well justified, so that low-energy electron scattering is essentially a two-electron problem for both hydrogen and the alkali metals.
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Nesbet, R.K. (1980). Applications to One-Electron Atoms. In: Variational Methods in Electron-Atom Scattering Theory. Physics of Atoms and Molecules. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8431-1_5
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