Phys. Rev. A 67, 012504 (2003) [6 pages]Theory of forbidden transitions in light atomsReceived 22 October 2002; published 22 January 2003 Forbidden transitions such as intercombination ones, appear due to relativistic effects. In light atoms these effects are usually incorporated through the use of Breit-Pauli Hamiltonian. We show that for some transitions such as E2 or M1 this treatment is incomplete. There exist additional corrections to the transition amplitude which can be equally significant. We analyze also the role of the anomalous magnetic moment of the electron in some forbidden transitions. © 2003 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.67.012504
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.67.012504
PACS:
31.30.Jv, 12.20.Ds, 32.70.Cs, 31.15.Md
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