Documents 2B24 Atomic and Molecular Physics Part 3 of 5 (UCL)

3 MANY-ELECTRON ATOMS 1 3 MANY-ELECTRON ATOMS 3.1 MANY-ELECTRON HAMILTONIAN For a one-electron atom, the Hamiltonian, in atomic units is: Hˆ = −1 2 ∇− Z r (1) For…

Documents 2B24 Atomic and Molecular Physics Chapter 3 of 5 (UCL)

1 LECTURE 7 Content In this lecture we will begin to discuss atoms with more electrons than hydrogen. Unfortunately this problem be- comes very complicated very quickly —…