If mass m, confinement radius R and Planck constant h are the only dimensional inputs to a nonrelativistic kinetic energy, matching mass, length and time dimensions gives . The dimensionless coefficient C depends on the boundary condition and state. Ratios of energies therefore scale as inverse mass and inverse radius squared only when that dimensionless physics is unchanged. This separates a robust scaling law from a claim about an unspecified confinement spectrum.

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