Published March 2004 | Version v1
Journal article

Complete fourth-order relativistic many-body calculations for atoms

  • 1. Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557 (United States)

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We report, to our knowledge, the first relativistic calculation for many-electron atoms complete through the fourth order of many-body perturbation theory. Owing to an overwhelmingly large number of underlying diagrams, the calculations are aided by our suite of symbolic algebra tools. We augment all-order single-double excitation method with 1648 omitted fourth-order diagrams and compute amplitudes of principal transitions in Na. The resulting ab initio relativistic electric dipole amplitudes are in an excellent agreement with 0.05%-accurate experimental values. Analysis of previously unmanageable classes of diagrams provides a useful guide to a design of even more accurate, yet practical, many-body methods

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Journal Title
Physical Review. A
Journal Volume
69
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 030502-030502.4
ISSN
1050-2947
CODEN
PLRAAN

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(c) 2004 The American Physical Society