Application of the effective interaction method to the relativistic Coulomb problem

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 759-770

  Adkins, Gregory S ^a   McGovern, Nathan M ^a  

^a FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 25144516697     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.1924488     Document Type: Article

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