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Four-component methods for high-accuracy atomic calculations are reviewed. The projected (or no-virtual-pair) Dirac-Coulomb-Breit Hamiltonian serves as the starting point and defines the physical framework. One-electron four-component Dirac-Fock-Breit functions, similar in spirit to Hartree-Fock orbitals in the nonrelativistic formulation, are calculated first, followed by treatment of electron correlation. Correlation methods include multiconfiguration Dirac-Fock and many-body perturbation theory or its all-order limit, the coupled cluster approach. The Fock-space CC and its extension to the intermediate Hamiltonian approach are described. Applications address mostly transition energies in various atoms. Very large basis sets, going up to l = 8, are used. High l orbitals are particularly important for transitions involving f electrons. The Breit term is required for fine-structure splittings and for f transitions. Representative applications are described, including the gold atom, with relativistic effects of 3–4 eV on transition energies; eka-gold (E111), where relativity changes the ground state from 6d 107s to 6d 97s 2; Pr3+, where the many f 2 levels are reproduced with great precision; Rf (E104), where opposite effects of relativity and correlation lead finally to a 7s 26d 2 ground state, ~0.3 eV below the 7s 26d7p predicted by MCDF; eka-lead (E114), a potential member of the “island of stability” forecast by nuclear physics, predicted to have ionization potentials higher than all other group-14 atoms except carbon; and eka-radon (E118), which has a unique property for a rare gas, positive electron affinity. Heavy anions are described, showing instances of multiple stable excited states. Finally, applications to properties other than energy are discussed.
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Kaldor, U., Eliav, E., Landau, A. (2003). Four-Component Electronic Structure Methods for Atoms. In: Kaldor, U., Wilson, S. (eds) Theoretical Chemistry and Physics of Heavy and Superheavy Elements. Progress in Theoretical Chemistry and Physics, vol 11. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0105-1_5
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