jaxrts.form_factors.form_factor_lowering_Zeff_10

jaxrts.form_factors.form_factor_lowering_Zeff_10(binding_E: Quantity, Z_A: float, Z_squared_correction: bool) Array[source]

Calculate the form factor lowering for the 1s orbital. See [Döppner et al., 2023].

For hydrogen-like ions, the binding energy has to be compared to 13.6eV. He-like ions use a corrected ground-state value, instead, to account for screening. This has to be chosen to reproduce the known form factors pauling_f10() in the case of no IPD, and scales with 1/Z_A

\[E_n^\text{H-like} = 13.6 \text{eV} E_n^\text{He-like} = (13.6 - 12.13/Z_A)\text{eV}\]

We noted that with growing Z, the simple functions above start to deviate from the values given by [Pauling and Sherman, 1932].

We fitted an additional correction term:

\[\Delta E_n = 1.77 \times 10^{-4} \text{eV} \cdot Z_A^2\]
Parameters:
  • binding_E (Quantity) – The binding energies of the two 1s electrons. Has to be an array with 2 entries. Note that this potentially has to be reduced by the IPD.

  • Z_A (float) – Atomic number of the element, i.e., number of protons in the core.

  • Z_squared_correction (bool) – If True, the quadratic correction term discussed above is added to better match the zero IPD limit.

Examples using jaxrts.form_factors.form_factor_lowering_Zeff_10

Zero IPD limit for effective charge when using form factor lowering

Zero IPD limit for effective charge when using form factor lowering