Open AccessResults of calculations of atomic wave functions. II.—Results for K + and Cs +
Author(s) -
D. R. Hartree
Publication year - 1934
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london. series a, containing papers of a mathematical and physical character
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9150
pISSN - 0950-1207
DOI - 10.1098/rspa.1934.0017
Subject(s) - wave function , atomic physics , atom (system on chip) , work (physics) , field (mathematics) , physics , quantum mechanics , mathematics , computer science , pure mathematics , embedded system
In a recent papers I presented the results of calculations of approximate wave functions of two atoms, based on the method of the “self-consistent field”, these calculations having been carried out to a fairly high degree of numerical accuracy (for work of this kind) as regards both precision of the work and the approximation to the self-consistent field attained, in order that the results published should be quite dependable. I also gave a survey of the situation which led to such calculations being undertaken, and mentioned other atoms for which they were being made. This paper presents a second instalment of such results, namely, those for the atoms K+ and Cs+ . Of these atoms, Cs is the heaviest for which calculations of the self-consistent field have so far been completed, though work on a still heavier atom, namely, mercury, has been started, and it is hoped that rough results, at least, will be available before long.