A few mistakes in widely used data files for fn configurations calculations

Xueyuan Chen (1) , Guokui Liu (1) , Jean Margerie (2) , Michael F. Reid (3)

1 Chemistry Division
2 CIMAP - UMR 6252 - Centre de recherche sur les Ions, les MAtériaux et la Photonique
3 Department of Physics and Astronomy

Several errors were detected in the widely used computer files of reduced matrix elements of spin-other-orbit and electrostatically correlated spin–orbit interactions for fn configurations (n = 2–7). The correct values are tabulated and the effects of the above-mentioned errors on published calculated spectra are considered.

Keywords: Rare earth ions energy levels calculations; Unfilled f-shells; Reduced matrix elements; Spin-other-orbit interaction; Electrostatically-correlated spin-orbit interaction

Domains: Atomic Physics [physics.atom-ph]

Xueyuan Chen, Guokui Liu, Jean Margerie, Michael F. Reid. A few mistakes in widely used data files for fn configurations calculations. Journal of Luminescence, 2008, 128, pp.421-427. ⟨cea-00344147⟩