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Inequalities for exchange Slater integrals

Atomic Physics 2023-09-04 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

The variations of exchange Slater integrals with respect to their order kk are not well known. While direct Slater integrals FkF^k are positive and decreasing when the order increases, this is not stricto sensu the case for exchange integrals GkG^k. However, two inequalities were published by Racah in his seminal article "Theory of complex spectra. II". In this article, we show that the technique used by Racah can be generalized, albeit with cumbersome calculations, to derive further relations, and provide two of them, involving respectively three and four exchange integrals. Such relations can prove useful to detect regularities in complex atomic spectra and classify energy levels.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2309.00503,
  title  = {Inequalities for exchange Slater integrals},
  author = {Jean-Christophe Pain},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.00503},
  year   = {2023}
}

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submitted to J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys

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