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In this paper we review the different relativistic and QED contributions to energies, ionic radii, transition probabilities and Landé g-factors in super-heavy elements, with the help of the MultiConfiguration Dirac-Fock method (MCDF). The effects of taking into account the Breit interaction to all orders by including it in the self-consistent field process are demonstrated. State of the art radiative corrections are included in the calculation and discussed. We also study the non-relativistic limit of MCDF calculation and find that the non-relativistic offset can be unexpectedly large.
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Indelicato, P., Santos, J., Boucard, S. et al. QED and relativistic corrections in superheavy elements. Eur. Phys. J. D 45, 155–170 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2007-00229-y
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