Dislocations of arbitrary topology in Coulomb eigenfunctions
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For any finite link $L$ in $\mathbb{R}^3$ we prove the existence of a high-energy complex-valued eigenfunction of the hydrogen atom such that its nodal set contains a union of connected components diffeomorphic to $L$. This problem goes back to Berry, who constructed such eigenfunctions in the case where $L$ is the trefoil knot or the Hopf link and asked the question about the general result.
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