Correlation and relativistic effects in actinide ions
- Physics Department, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557 (United States)
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, 217 SharpLab, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716 (United States)
Wavelengths, line strengths, and transition rates are calculated for the multipole (E1, M1, E2, M2, E3, and M3) transitions between the excited 6s{sup 2}6p{sup 5}nl and 6s6p{sup 6}nl states and the ground 6s{sup 2}6p{sup 6} state in Ac{sup 3+}, Th{sup 4+}, and U{sup 6+} Rn-like ions. Relativistic many-body perturbation theory (RMBPT), including the Breit interaction, is used to evaluate energies and transition rates for multipole transitions in these hole-particle systems. The RMBPT method agrees with multiconfigurational Dirac-Fock (MCDF) calculations in lowest order, includes all second-order correlation corrections, and includes corrections from negative-energy states. The calculations start from a [Xe]4f{sup 14}5d{sup 10}6s{sup 2}6p{sup 6} Dirac-Fock potential. First-order perturbation theory is used to obtain intermediate-coupling coefficients, and second-order RMBPT is used to determine the matrix elements. Evaluated multipole matrix elements for transitions from excited states to the ground states are used to determine the line strengths, transition rates, and multipole polarizabilities. This work provides a number of yet unmeasured properties of these actinide ions for various applications and for benchmark tests of theory and experiment.
- OSTI ID:
- 22093516
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. A, Vol. 84, Issue 5; Other Information: (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1050-2947
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Related Subjects
ACTINIUM IONS
CORRECTIONS
CORRELATIONS
E1-TRANSITIONS
E3-TRANSITIONS
EXCITED STATES
GROUND STATES
INTERMEDIATE COUPLING
M1-TRANSITIONS
M3-TRANSITIONS
MANY-BODY PROBLEM
MATRIX ELEMENTS
NEGATIVE ENERGY STATES
PERTURBATION THEORY
POLARIZABILITY
POTENTIALS
RELATIVISTIC RANGE
THORIUM IONS
URANIUM IONS