Atomic properties of superheavy elements No, Lr, and Rf

V. A. Dzuba, M. S. Safronova, and U. I. Safronova

Phys. Rev. A 90, 012504 – Published 3 July 2014

Abstract

The combination of the configuration interaction method and all-order single-double coupled-cluster technique is used to calculate excitation energies, ionization potentials, and static dipole polarizabilities of superheavy elements nobelium, lawrencium, and rutherfordium. Breit and quantum electrodynamic corrections are also included. The results for the superheavy elements are compared with earlier calculations where available. Similar calculations for lighter analogs, ytterbium, lutetium, and hafnium, are used to study the accuracy of the calculations. The estimated uncertainties of the final results are discussed.

Received 2 June 2014

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.90.012504

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V. A. Dzuba

School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2052, Australia

M. S. Safronova

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA and Joint Quantum Institute, NIST and the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA

U. I. Safronova

Physics Department, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, USA

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Vol. 90, Iss. 1 — July 2014

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