B W Shore 1973 J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Phys. 6 1923 doi:10.1088/0022-3700/6/10/008
B W Shore
Show affiliationsThe author presents a simple scheme of basis functions piecewise-continuous cubic polynomials, together with a simple quadrature approximation for matrix elements. Applied to the hydrogen atom, the method allows a dozen basis functions to approximate the 14 bound states 1s ... 5f with an average error of 0.03% in energies and 0.2% in the oscillator strengths of the 28 allowed transitions.
32.70.Cs Oscillator strengths, lifetimes, transition moments
31.15.-p Calculations and mathematical techniques in atomic and molecular physics
Issue 10 (October 1973)
B W Shore 1973 J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Phys. 6 1923
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