Boundedness and convergence of perturbed corrections for helium-like ions in ground states

Applying the improved Rayleigh SchrSdinger perturbation theory based on an integral equation to helium-like ions in ground states and treating electron correlations as perturbations, we obtain the second-order corrections to wavefunctions consisting of a few terms and the third-order corrections to energicity. It is demonstrated that the corrected wavefunctions are bounded and quadratically integrable, and the corresponding perturbation series is convergent. The results clear off the previous distrust for the convergence in the quantum perturbation theory and show a reciprocal development on the quantum perturbation problem of the ground state helium-like systems.     

High-order perturbed corrections with scaling transformation

The performance of the so-called superconvergent quantum perturbation theory （Wenhua Hal et al2000 Phys. Rev. A 61 052105） is investigated for the case of the ground-state energy of the helium-like ions. The scaling transformation τ → τ/Z applied to the Hamiltonian of a two-electron atomic ion with a nuclear charge Z （in atomic units）. Using the improved Rayleigh-SchrSdinger perturbation theory based on the integral equation to helium-like ions in the ground states and treating the electron correlations as perturbations, we have performed a third-order perturbation calculation and obtained the second-order corrected wavefunctions consisting of a few terms and third-order energy corrections. We find that third-order and higher-order energy corrections are improved with decreasing nuclear charge. This result means that the former is quadratically integrable and the latter is physically meaningful. The improved quantum perturbation theory fits the higher-order perturbation case. This work shows that it is a development on the quantum perturbation problem of helium-like systems.