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JOURNAL OF PHYSICS B-ATOMIC MOLECULAR AND OPTICAL PHYSICS
Volume 49, Issue 18, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/49/18/182004
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atomic structure theory; correlation; Dirac equation; multiconfiguration methods; Schrodinger's equation; variational methods
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- Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS) [CDR J.0047.16]
- IUAP-Belgian State Science Policy (BriX network) [P7/12]
- Swedish Research Council [2015-04842]
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Multiconfiguration wave function expansions combined with configuration interaction methods are a method of choice for complex atoms where atomic state functions are expanded in a basis of configuration state functions. Combined with a variational method such as the multiconfiguration Hartree-Fock (MCHF) or multiconfiguration Dirac-Hartree-Fock (MCDHF), the associated set of radial functions can be optimized for the levels of interest. The present review updates the variational MCHF theory to include MCDHF, describes the multireference single and double process for generating expansions and the systematic procedure of a computational scheme for monitoring convergence. It focuses on the calculations of energies and wave functions from which other atomic properties can be predicted such as transition rates, hyperfine structures and isotope shifts, for example.
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