muffin tin

[bunnyhero]

for some reason (which i will not go into at the moment) i was googling the term "muffin tinning". i ended up discovering some amusing (to me, anyway) terminology from solid-state physics: "muffin-tin approximation", "muffin-tin potential" and "muffin-tin orbital". and no i don't really understand what they mean.

however, a google image search on "muffin tin approximation" yields a fun mix of scientific graphs and delicious baked goods:




note that i have not tried the search with safesearch off...