Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2009
Publication Title
Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Volume
80
Issue
6
First Page
64501-1
Last Page
64501-4
Abstract
The asymptotic expansion method based on a core polarization potential for the Rydberg electron is reviewed and extended to the high angular momentum states of helium up to L=15. A comparison with recent large-scale configuration interaction calculations for the nonrelativistic energies shows that there is good agreement for L=7, but there are serious systematic disagreements for the states of higher angular momentum. A possible explanation is that there is an important class of configurations missing from the CI calculations. © 2009 The American Physical Society.
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevA.80.064501
Recommended Citation
El-Wazni, R. and Drake, Gordon W. F.. (2009). Energies for the high- L rydberg states of helium: Asymptotic analysis. Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, 80 (6), 64501-1-64501-4.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/physicspub/122
Comments
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