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MrYuriB@aol.com writes:
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>hello there, whey they say wavefuntion of free atoms, exactly what are they
>referring to?  are they referring to the wavefuntion of electron in atoms or
>atom themselves?  what would a wavefunction of free atoms look like?

 You might ask "they" or look at the context in the book. 

 I would assume, from the condensed matter context implied by the choice 
 of newsgroups, that they are talking about the wavefunction of the 
 atomic electrons of an isolated atom -- as distinct from the wavefunction 
 when that atom is in a solid and those electrons interact with others. 

YuriB also asks:
}
}hello there, when they say that the Fermi surface of Cs is deformed by 10%
}from a sphere, what do they mean by that?  10% smaller in volume? 10%
}shorter/longer diameter?

 Deformed means the shape has changed, normally in a way that conserves 
 volume (as used in nuclear physics).  The precise meaning would have to 
 be spelled out, either as a ratio of major to minor axes or as the value 
 of the coefficient in a multipole expansion that has essentially the 
 same meaning.  If a precise definition is not given, just take it as a 
 general statement about the relative size of the axes. 

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