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... except that in the given context 'geometry' does not mean position.



Yes it does,from the abstract of the original article: "We show that in-plane magnetic-field-assisted spectroscopy allows extraction of the in-plane orientation and full 3D size parameters of the quantum mechanical orbitals of a single electron GaAs lateral quantum dot with subnanometer precision."


That can hardly be interpreted as talking about 'position.' Also, it helps to remember that 1 nanometer is about 10 atom sizes.




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