Accurate calculations of the atomic ionization radius defined as the critic
al radius at which a spherically confined atom undergoes ionization are rep
orted for the atoms He-Ca using the Kohn-Sham variational method in conjunc
tion with the Slater transition state approximation to Janak's theorem of t
he density functional theory. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights res
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