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The interpolation of atomic wave functions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

D. R. Hartree
D. R. Hartree
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Cavendish Laboratory Cambridge
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Abstract

If r̄nl is the mean radius for the radial wave function of a complete (nl) group in an atom of atomic number N, the variation of 1/r̄nl with N is nearly linear. Further the variation of a given (nl) radial wave function with N is such that for a given value of (r/r̄nl), the variation of the quantity (r̄nl)½ P(nl; r) with r̄nl is nearly linear. These relations between the radial wave functions for different atoms are examined from the point of view of using them as a means of interpolating, with respect to atomic number, between results for atoms for which solutions of Fock's equations have been carried out.

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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 51 , Issue 4 , October 1955 , pp. 684 - 692
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1955

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