Calculation of the correlation, relativistic, and QED corrections to the total electron binding energy in atoms and their nuclear charge dependence
We present relativistic many-body calculations of the total electron binding energy of neutral atoms up to the element with $Z=120$. The binding energy for ions may be found by subtracting known ionization potentials. The accuracy of the results for $17<Z\ensuremath{\le}103$ significantly exceeds that in NIST tables (there are no data for $Z>103$ there). We fit the numerical results for binding energies by an analytical function of $Z$. We also calculate numerical values and determine the dependence on $Z$ of the correlation corrections, Dirac and Breit relativistic corrections, and quantum electrodynamics corrections.
Authors
- V. V. Flambaum (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8643-7374)
- A. V. Afanasjev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4220-2386)
- V. A. Dzuba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2758-5574)
Institutions
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Mississippi State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. A/Physical review, A
- Published
- 2024-11-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.110.052810
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Atomic and Molecular Physics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.69
Funders
- U.S. Department of Energy
- Office of Science
- Australian Research Council
- Nuclear Physics