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[1] K. Oura, V.G. Lifshits, A.A. Saranin, A.V. Zotov, Surfaces, Surf. Sci. Rep. 35 (1999)
1.
[2] M. Abramowitz, I. Stegun, Handbook of Mathematical Functions, Dover, New York, 1965.
[3] B. Ziegler, in: E.L. Tomusiak,
H.S. Kaplan, E.T. Dressler (Eds.), New Vistas in Electro-nuclear Physics,
Plenum, New York, 1986, p. 293.
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