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The many electron problem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

J. A. De Wet
J. A. De Wet
Affiliation:
Witmos, Eastern Province, South Africa
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1. Introduction. In a paper on the many nucleon problem (l), which we shall henceforth call I, the determination of the irreducible representations of the four-dimensional unitary group were found from a decomposition of its infinitesimal ring U04 The method of decomposition made use of the four primitive four-component idempotents (projection operators) of the Dirac ring each of which, as was recognized long ago by Eddington (2), can be identified with a possible charge-spin state of a Dirac particle. Some experimental justification for the representations was also provided, and it is the purpose of this paper to apply the same tools to the many electron problem. In particular, matrices will be derived for the spin multiplets of a system of r electrons, and it will be shown how the model can account for the atomic shell structure and orbital angular momentum.

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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 72 , Issue 1 , July 1972 , pp. 123 - 134
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1972

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