Abstract
Few-electron atoms possess unstable equilibrium configurations whose many-electron potential surface shows ridges. The diffraction of an electron wave from a potential ridge is shown to deform the potential surface and to create a fictitious force. That force manifests itself as temporary electron-electron attraction. This analysis is based on nonadiabatically modified plane waves in short wavelength approximation.
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