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Relativistic Wave Equations and Hydrogenic Atoms

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Abstract

The transition probabilities for the components of both the Balmer and Lyman α-lines of hydrogenic atoms are calculated for the nonrelativistic Schrödinger theory, the Dirac theory, and the recently developed eight-component (8-C) formalism. For large Z it is found that all three theories give significantly different results.

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  1. Department of Theoretical Physics, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 0200, Australia

    B. A. Robson & S. H. Sutanto

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Robson, B.A., Sutanto, S.H. Relativistic Wave Equations and Hydrogenic Atoms. International Journal of Theoretical Physics 40, 1475–1489 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1017557528265

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