On the energy distribution of terms and line arrays in atomic spectra.

Steven A. Moszkowski

ResearchPublished 1962

A discussion of the Coulomb interaction which leads to a splitting of the different terms belonging to the same many-electron configuration. The resulting energy distributions of terms and of line arrays for transitions between different configurations are also studied. Expressions are derived for the first two moments of the distributions, namely, the average energy shift and the mean square deviation, as a function of the number of particles. The detailed shapes of the distributions are investigated both for (d)/un configurations and for a simplified two-dimensional model.

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  • Year: 1962
  • Pages: 60
  • Document Number: RM-2947-AEC

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Moszkowski, Steven A., On the energy distribution of terms and line arrays in atomic spectra. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1962. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM2947.html.
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