NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF THE AB INITIO COMPUTATION OF THE EFFECTS OF IONIZATION ON THE NONLINEAR SUSCEPTIBILITY COEFFICIENTS OF THE HYDROGEN ATOM*

Communications in Mathematical Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-80

  Kano, Patrick O ^a   Brio, Moysey ^a   Moloney, Jerome V ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

nonlinear susceptibility; Numerical analysis; time dependent Schroedinger equation

Indexed keywords

EID: 46649105065     PISSN: 15396746     EISSN: 19450796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/CMS.2006.v4.n1.a2     Document Type: Article

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