https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2015-15014-8
Regular Article
Construction of the energy matrix for complex atoms Part I: General remarks
1
Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Metrology, Faculty of Technical Physics, Poznań University of Technology, Piotrowo 3, 60-965, Poznań, Poland
2
Institute of Control and Information Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Poznań University of Technology, Piotrowo 3A, 60-965, Poznań, Poland
* e-mail: magdalena.elantkowska@put.poznan.pl
Received:
4
November
2014
Revised:
12
December
2014
Accepted:
20
December
2014
Published online:
29
January
2015
We present a method, which allows to analyse complex electronic systems composed of configurations including up to four open shells. The perturbative treatment, taking into account all electromagnetic interactions expected in the atom up to second-order perturbation theory, is described.
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