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Saturated-configuration-interaction calculations for five-valent Ta and Db

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Accurate atomic structure calculations of complicated atoms with 4 or more valence electrons begin to push the memory and time limits of supercomputers. This paper presents a robust method of… Click to show full abstract

Accurate atomic structure calculations of complicated atoms with 4 or more valence electrons begin to push the memory and time limits of supercomputers. This paper presents a robust method of decreasing the size of \textit{ab initio} configuration interaction and many-body perturbation theory calculations without undermining the accuracy of the resulting atomic spectra. Our method makes it possible to saturate the CI matrix in atoms with many valence electrons. We test our method on the five-valence-electron atom tantalum and verify the convergence of the calculated energies. We then apply the method to calculate spectra and isotope shifts of tantalum's superheavy analogue dubnium. Isotope-shift calculations can be used to predict the spectra of superheavy isotopes which may be produced in astrophysical phenomena.

Keywords: interaction calculations; calculations five; configuration; saturated configuration; configuration interaction

Journal Title: Physical Review A
Year Published: 2018

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