Discrete variable and finite element techniques applied to simple atomic systems

Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 109, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 95-122

  Schweizer, W ^a   Fassbinder P ^a   Gonzalez Ferez R ^b   Braun, M ^c   Kulla, S ^a   Stehle, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Alkali metal atoms; Complex coordinate rotation* Non integrable systems; Discrete variable method; Finite element method; Helium atom; Resonances

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

SCHRODINGER EQUATION;

ATOMIC PHYSICS;

EID: 0032594799     PISSN: 03770427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0427(99)00155-7     Document Type: Article

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