VARIATIONAL CALCULATION FOR THE GROUND-STATE OF LITHIUM AND QED CORRECTIONS FOR LI-LIKE IONS

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作者
MCKENZIE, DK
DRAKE, GWF
机构
[1] Department of Physics, University of Windsor, Windsor
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1991年 / 44卷 / 11期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.44.R6973
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
High-precision variational calculations using multiple basis sets in Hylleraas coordinates are presented for the 1s22s 2S state of lithium. The variational bound of -7.478 060 326(10) a.u. for the nonrelativistic energy is in good agreement with our revised experimental value of -7.478 060 34(20) a.u., thereby resolving a long-standing discrepancy. Two-electron calculations of the QED corrections are extended to three-electron systems and compared with other results. The comparison for Li-like ions up to U89+ suggests a simple interpretation for the "screening of the Lamb shift" recently calculated by Cheng, Johnson, and Sapirstein [Phys. Rev. Lett. 66, 2960 (1991)].
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页码:R6973 / R6976
页数:4
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