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Daisuke Yoshida1,2, Hannes Raebiger1, Ken-Ichi Shudo1
1Department of Physics, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan.
Abstract:
In their Correspondence, von Szentpály, Schwarz, Stoll, and Werner claim that the main conclusions of our Communication previously published in this journal are based on computational artifacts and oversimplified models. We clarify the justification of our simple one-electron model to describe one-electron physics, and refute their criticism based on what they call "computational artifacts." We remind that our main conclusion on the crucial role of qualitative changes in core electron wavefunctions is evidenced not only by wavefunction topologies the complainants cling to, but also by several other physical observables, which remain unrefuted. Hence, the conclusions of our original Communication stand.
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