Multichannel relativistic random-phase approximation for the photoionization of atoms
- 1 September 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 20 (3) , 964-977
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.20.964
Abstract
A multichannel relativistic random-pjase approximation (RRPA) for the photoionization of atoms is presented. The RRPA equations are obtained by generalizing the nonrelativistic time-dependent Hartree-Fock equations using the Dirac-Breit Hamiltonian to describe the atomic electrons. The angular decomposition of the RRPA equations to a set of coupled equations for the radial wave functions is given, and the radiative-transition operators are developed for arbitrary electric and magnetic multipoles. Formulas are obtained for the total photoionization cross sections and angular distributions, including all multipoles. The method of constructing multichannel solutions from the RRPA radial wave functions is described and various ways of choosing approximate potentials for the photoelectron are given.This publication has 16 references indexed in Scilit:
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