Physics Asked by 081N on May 29, 2021
Following the representation used in [1, pag. 11] the solution of the Dirac equation in polar coordinates for energy $E$ is of the type:
$$ psi_{Ekappa m}(bf{r})= dfrac{1}{r} Bigg( begin{matrix}
P_{Ekappa} (r) chi_{kappa}^m(theta,phi)
iQ_{Ekappa} (r) chi_{-kappa}^m(theta,phi)
end{matrix}Bigg) ,$$
where $P$ and $Q$ represent the large and small radial components, respectively. While $chi_{kappa}^m(theta,phi)$ is the spherical spinor function.
The book gives the solutions for the radial equation in terms of the solution of the Kummer’s confluent hypergeometric equation, that is:
$$dfrac{d^2Y(rho)}{drho^2}+(b-rho)dfrac{dY(rho)}{drho}-aY(rho)=0$$.
Thus, the large and small component are given as:
$$P_{Ekappa}proptorho^{gamma}e^{-rho/2} [X(rho)+Y(rho)]$$
$$Q_{Ekappa}proptorho^{gamma}e^{-rho/2} [X(rho)-Y(rho)]$$
where:
$$X(rho)propto biggl(aY(rho)+rhodfrac{dY(rho)}{drho}biggr).$$
and $rho$ is proportional to the radius.
Depending from the type of solution searched (bound or continuum) $P$ and $Q$ assume different shapes.
The code GRASP2K [2] provides the possibility to calculate the Dirac bound wavefunctions, implementing the multiconfiguration Dirac-Hartree-Fock method.
I would like to know if anyone knows a code to calculate the continuum wavefunctions for a given atom or I should try to implement the analytical solutions.
References
[1] Relativistic quantum theory of atoms and molecules, by I. Grant.
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