Atomic Structure Theory

This book provides a hands-on experience with atomic structure calculations. Material covered includes angular momentum methods, the central field Schrödinger and Dirac equations, Hartree-Fock and Dirac-Hartree-Fock equations, multiplet structure, hyperfine structure, the isotope shift, dipole and multipole transitions, basic many-body perturbation theory, configuration interaction, and correlation corrections to matrix elements. The book also contains numerical methods for solving the Schrödinger and Dirac eigenvalue problems and the (Dirac)-Hartree-Fock equations.

Frank M. Freimann Professor of Physics, University of Notre Dame, 1992-present

Professor of Physics, University of Notre Dame, 1958-present

Chairman: Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, 1982-1985

Chairperson: Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, American Physical Society, 1988-1989.

Alexander von Humboldt Senior U.S. Scientist Award, University of Frankfurt, 1982-1983;

Technical University of Dresden1994; Technical University of Dresden 2001.

Gordon Godfrey Fellow, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2000, 2005