Static dipole polarizability of shell-confined hydrogen atom

Abstract

Using the Sternheimer perturbation-numerical procedure, calculations of static dipole polarizability are reported for the shell-confined hydrogen atom as defined by two impenetrable concentric spherical walls. Unusually high polarizability states are predicted for the hydrogen atom as the inner sphere radius is increased to larger values inside the outer sphere of a constant radius. Implications of this model in mimicking internal compression leading to the metallic behaviour of the shell-confined hydrogen atoms are discussed.