a Departamento de Física, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 4009, Concepción, Chile
b Laboratoire des Collisions Atomiques (CPTMB, UPRESA 5468 du CNRS), Université Bordeaux 1, 351 Cours de la Libération, 33405, Talence Cedex, France
Abstract:
We show that, contrary to earlier reports, application of the one-parameter variational technique to the classical (image) model for H in front of an Al surface leads to energy shifts for the ground state which are very close to those obtained numerically with a more sophisticated model of the system.