Published March 2004
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Journal article
Complete fourth-order relativistic many-body calculations for atoms
Creators
- 1. Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557 (United States)
Description
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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Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review. A
- Journal Volume
- 69
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Journal Page Range
- p. 030502-030502.4
- ISSN
- 1050-2947
- CODEN
- PLRAAN
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 36082751
- Subject category
- S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ALGEBRA; AMPLITUDES; ATOMS; CORRECTIONS; DIAGRAMS; ELECTRIC DIPOLES; ELECTRONS; EXCITATION; EXCITED STATES; LIFETIME; MANY-BODY PROBLEM; PERTURBATION THEORY; RELATIVISTIC RANGE; SODIUM
- Descriptors DEC
- ALKALI METALS; DIPOLES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ELEMENTS; ENERGY LEVELS; ENERGY RANGE; ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS; FERMIONS; INFORMATION; LEPTONS; MATHEMATICS; METALS; MULTIPOLES
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- Notes
- (c) 2004 The American Physical Society