The Landé g factors of highly charged Sn47+ and Bi80+ ions

Abstract

Abstract The wavefunctions and eigenvalues of the ground states of Sn47+, and Bi80+ ions are calculated using the fully relativistic multiconfiguration Dirac-Hartree–Fock (MCDHF) method. Detailed investigation are carried out to study the effects of electron correlation, Breit interaction, quantum electrodynamics (QED), and nuclear recoil. Based on these calculations, the theoretical predictions for the g factors of the ground states of Sn47+ and Bi80+ ions are 1.980429 and 1.934759, respectively. The accuracy of these calculations is expected to be on the order of 10−5.