Lower Rydberg 2D states of the lithium atom: Finite-nuclear-mass calculations with explicitly correlated Gaussian functions
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2011
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Sharkey, Keeper L.
Bubin, Sergiy
Adamowicz, Ludwik
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Abstract
Very accurate variational nonrelativistic calculations are performed for the five lowest Rydberg 2D states
(1s2nd1, n = 3, . . . ,7) of the lithium atom (7Li). The finite-nuclear-mass approach is employed and the wave
functions of the states are expanded in terms of all-electron explicitly correlated Gaussian function. Four thousand
Gaussians are used for each state. The calculated relative energies of the states determined with respect to the
2S 1s22s1 ground state are systematically lower than the experimental values by about 2.5 cm−1. As this
value is about the same as the difference between the experimental relative energy between 7Li+ and 7Li in
their ground-state energy and the corresponding calculated nonrelativistic relative energy, we attribute it to the
relativistic effects not included in the present calculations
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Research Subject Categories::NATURAL SCIENCES::Physics, lithium atom
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Keeper L. Sharkey, Sergiy Bubin, Ludwik Adamowicz; 2011; Lower Rydberg 2D states of the lithium atom: Finite-nuclear-mass calculations with explicitly correlated Gaussian functions; PHYSICAL REVIEW A