Two electrons in the Dirac-bubble potential well

TL;DR

This paper investigates the electronic structure of the doubly negatively charged C60 ion using a Dirac-bubble potential model and a variational approach, providing insights into its quantum properties.

Contribution

It introduces a variational method applied to the Dirac-bubble potential model for studying the C60 ion's electronic structure, which is a novel approach.

Findings

Electronic structure characterized for C60^{2-}

Insights into stability and electronic properties

Method demonstrates effectiveness for similar systems

Abstract

Within the Dirac-bubble potential model an electronic structure of the double-charged negative C60 ion has been studied by a variational method.