Electronic Structure of Superheavy Atoms. Revisited
| Autor: | Gitman, D. M., Levin, A. D., Tyutin, I. V., Voronov, B. L. |
|---|---|
| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
| Předmět: | |
| Druh dokumentu: | Working Paper |
| Popis: | The electronic structure of an atom with Z <= 137 can be described by the Dirac equation with the Coulomb field of a point charge Ze. It was believed that the Dirac equation with Z > 137 is inconsistent and physically meaningless because the formula for the lower energy level of the Dirac Hamiltonian formally gives imaginary eigenvalues. But a strict mathematical consideration shows that difficulties with the electronic spectrum for Z > 137 do not arise if the Dirac Hamiltonian is correctly defined as a self-adjoint operator, see [1]. In this article, we brie y summarize the main physical results of that consideration in a form suitable for physicists with some additional new details and numerical calculations of the electronic spectra. [1] B.L. Voronov, D.M. Gitman, and I.V. Tyutin, Theor. Math. Phys. 150(1) (2007) 34 Comment: 4 pages 3 figures |
| Databáze: | arXiv |
| Externí odkaz: |
|