Experiment and theory in computations of the He atom ground state

International Journal of Modern Physics E

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 877-888

  Schwartz, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergence rates; Helium atom; Variational calculations

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646511750     PISSN: 02183013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218301306004648     Document Type: Article

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