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QED and relativistic corrections in superheavy elements

Authors :
José Paulo Santos
Jean Paul Desclaux
Stephan Boucard
Paul Indelicato
Laboratoire Kastler Brossel (LKB (Jussieu))
Fédération de recherche du Département de physique de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure - ENS Paris (FRDPENS)
École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL)
Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL)
Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Departamento de Fìsica [Lisboa] (DF)
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia = School of Science & Technology (FCT NOVA)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa = NOVA University Lisbon (NOVA)-Universidade Nova de Lisboa = NOVA University Lisbon (NOVA)
s.o.
Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Fédération de recherche du Département de physique de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure - ENS Paris (FRDPENS)
École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris)
Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris)
Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Source :
The European Physical Journal D : Atomic, molecular, optical and plasma physics, The European Physical Journal D : Atomic, molecular, optical and plasma physics, 2007, 45 (1), pp.155-170. ⟨10.1140/epjd/e2007-00229-y⟩, The European Physical Journal D : Atomic, molecular, optical and plasma physics, EDP Sciences, 2007, 45 (1), pp.155-170. ⟨10.1140/epjd/e2007-00229-y⟩
Publication Year :
2007
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2007.

Abstract

In this paper we review the different relativistic and QED contributions to energies, ionic radii, transition probabilities and Land\'e $g$-factors in super-heavy elements, with the help of the MultiConfiguration Dirac-Fock method (MCDF). The effects of taking into account the Breit interaction to all orders by including it in the self-consistent field process are demonstrated. State of the art radiative corrections are included in the calculation and discussed. We also study the non-relativistic limit of MCDF calculation and find that the non-relativistic offset can be unexpectedly large.<br />Comment: V3, May 31st, 2007

Details

ISSN :
14346079 and 14346060
Volume :
45
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
The European Physical Journal D
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....2b800dff0fafc773f5ddf69652d9bce8