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Quantum defect and transition probabilities
Author(s) -
Martin Inmaculada
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
international journal of quantum chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.484
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1097-461X
pISSN - 0020-7608
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-461x(1999)74:5<479::aid-qua5>3.0.co;2-4
Subject(s) - formalism (music) , physics , dirac equation , quantum , electron , quantum defect , quantum mechanics , plasma , polarization (electrochemistry) , statistical physics , chemistry , ion , art , musical , visual arts , ionization , rydberg formula
A summary of the relativistic quantum defect orbital (RQDO) method, as well as a few numerical examples of oscillator strengths, are presented. The radial functions in this formalism derive from solving a form of the decoupled second‐order Dirac radial equation. With the method being totally analytical, it constitutes a simple and reliable procedure for predicting properties of interest in astrophysics and fusion plasma research, such as transition probabilities, while accounting for a large part of relativistic effects. Core polarization during electron transitions can also be explicitly accounted for in an analytic form. ©1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Quant Chem 74: 479–489, 1999