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The theory of many-body systems constitutes one of the most complex part of quantum mechanics. Closed results are not readily available and approximations become extremely involved. It is, therefore, of considerable interest that the quantization of certain simple collective motions of particles can describe the energies of atoms, nuclei and particle models rather well. We describe here the most elementary examples of such structures.
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Dedicated to H. Walther, a great scientist and who demonstrated among many other things the regular shapes of atomic particles, the subject of this essay
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Barut, A.O. Quantization of collective regular structures of particles. Appl. Phys. B 60, 123–128 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01135853
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