Correlation and relativistic effects are both needed for accurate atomic structure calculations of energy levels and their atomic properties. For transition probabilities of radiative transitions between low-lying lev...Correlation and relativistic effects are both needed for accurate atomic structure calculations of energy levels and their atomic properties. For transition probabilities of radiative transitions between low-lying levels of an atom or ion, accurate wave functions for the outer region of are required. For lighter atoms, relativistic effects can be included through the Breit-Pauli approximation. This paper outlines the advances in the treatment of correlation and describes the current state of Breit-Pauli calculations for complex systems.展开更多
文摘Correlation and relativistic effects are both needed for accurate atomic structure calculations of energy levels and their atomic properties. For transition probabilities of radiative transitions between low-lying levels of an atom or ion, accurate wave functions for the outer region of are required. For lighter atoms, relativistic effects can be included through the Breit-Pauli approximation. This paper outlines the advances in the treatment of correlation and describes the current state of Breit-Pauli calculations for complex systems.
