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Phys. Rev. A 69, 030502(R) (2004) [4 pages]

Complete fourth-order relativistic many-body calculations for atoms

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Caleb C. Cannon and Andrei Derevianko
Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA

Received 14 January 2004; published 24 March 2004

We report, to our knowledge, the first relativistic calculation for many-electron atoms complete through the fourth order of many-body perturbation theory. Owing to an overwhelmingly large number of underlying diagrams, the calculations are aided by our suite of symbolic algebra tools. We augment all-order single-double excitation method with 1648 omitted fourth-order diagrams and compute amplitudes of principal transitions in Na. The resulting ab initio relativistic electric dipole amplitudes are in an excellent agreement with 0.05%-accurate experimental values. Analysis of previously unmanageable classes of diagrams provides a useful guide to a design of even more accurate, yet practical, many-body methods.

© 2004 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.69.030502
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.69.030502
PACS:
31.15.Md, 31.15.Dv, 31.25.−v, 02.70.Wz