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The Wave Mechanics of an Atom with a non-Coulomb Central Field. Part III. Term Values and Intensities in Series in Optical Spectra

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

D. R. Hartree
D. R. Hartree
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Christ's College
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In two recent papers the writer has given an account of a practical method of finding the characteristic values and functions of Schrödinger's wave equations for a given non-Coulomb central field. For terms of optical spectra the method is effectively the following. We take the wave equation in the form

and require the values of ɛ for the solutions which are zero at the origin and at r = ∞. We consider the result of integrating this equation outwards from P = 0 at r = 0 to a radius r0 at which the deviation from a Coulomb field is negligible, and inwards from P = 0 at r = ∞ to the same radius, with a given value of ɛ; the characteristic values are those values for which these two solutions join smoothly on to one another, i.e. for which they have the same value of η = −P′/P at this radius. For a given ɛ, the solution zero at the origin depends on the particular atom; the solution zero at infinity can be expressed in a form independent of any particular atom.

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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 24 , Issue 3 , July 1928 , pp. 426 - 437
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1928

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