Atomic structure via highly charged ions and their exact quantum states

Journal Article · Mon Mar 15 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · Physical Review. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.81.032516· OSTI ID:21408422

Friesecke, G ^[1]; Goddard, B D ^[2]

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1. Center for Mathematics, TU Munich (Germany)
2. Mathematics Institute, University of Warwick, Coventry CV47AL (United Kingdom)

For highly charged ions with 3 to 10 electrons, we derive explicit, closed-form quantum states which become exact in the high charge limit. When combined with suitably renormalized experimental data across isoelectronic sequences, these quantum states provide a widely applicable route to predicting electronic configurations and term values for neutral atom energy levels. Moreover, our findings allow the prediction of missing levels, suggest that certain current term assignments for five-electron ions are incorrect, and provide insight into the rare failure of Hund's rules in excited states.

• OSTI ID: 21408422
• Journal Information: Physical Review. A, Vol. 81, Issue 3; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.81.032516; (c) 2010 The American Physical Society; ISSN 1050-2947
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
ALLOCATIONS
ATOMS
ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE
ELECTRONS
EXCITED STATES
FAILURES
IONS
CHARGED PARTICLES
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ENERGY LEVELS
FERMIONS
LEPTONS