Rk. Chaudhuri et al., Ionization potentials of beryllium-like ions from the relativistic coupled-cluster-based linear response theory, J PHYS B, 33(22), 2000, pp. 5129-5138
Citations number
45
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS B-ATOMIC MOLECULAR AND OPTICAL PHYSICS
We first test our recently developed relativistic coupled-cluster-based lin
ear response theory (RCCLRT) by computing the principal and the shake-up io
nization potentials CTP) of highly stripped atoms. Comparison is made betwe
en the IP values obtained from the relativistic and non-relativistic CCLRT
calculations. The comparisons for light atoms, where the relativistic contr
ibutions are negligible, provide a test of the method, while comparisons fo
r heavy atoms quantify the relativistic effect. For one-valence problems su
ch as ionization processes, there is a formal equivalence between the princ
ipal IP values from the CCLRT and multi-reference coupled cluster (MRCC)the
ory when using the Ih-Op model space. The principal IPs obtained from the C
CLRT are size-extensive, but the(2h-1p) shake-up IPs are not fully size-ext
ensive, where the size-inextensivity error scales as the number of valence
excitations. The computed valence and shake-up ionization energies via the
RCCLRT approach are in excellent agreement with experimental data. The IPs
computed using the non-relativistic CCLRT also match favourably well with t
he experiment only when the atomic number and ionic charge are small.