Published October 1996 | Version v1
Journal article

Correlation and Negative Continuum Effects for the Relativistic M1 Transition in Two-Electron Ions using the Multiconfiguration Dirac-Fock Method

  • 1. Laboratoire de Physique Atomique et Nucleaire, Case 93, Unite de Recherche Associee au CNRS no.ERS112, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, 4 place Jussieu, F-75252 Paris Cedex 05 (France)

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The role of the E<-mc2 continuum and of correlation in the multiconfiguration Dirac-Fock calculation of nondiagonal one-electron operators is described. Because of its importance and symmetry which emphasize both effects, we study the 1s2s3S1→1s21S0 relativistic M1 transition in two-electron ions. It is shown that both contributions have the same magnitude, and must be included even at low Z. These contributions improve significantly the agreement between theory and experiment at all Z, reducing the disagreement for Nb from 2.7 to -1.8 times the experimental error. copyright 1996 The American Physical Society

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Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
77
Journal Issue
16
Journal Page Range
p. 3323-3326.
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO