Average electron radii in many-electron atoms.

Abstract

In many-electron atoms, the average electron radius r represents the mean distance of a single electron from the nucleus when all the interelectronic interactions are averaged. If the electron-electron interaction is explicitly considered, the average radius r splits into two different radii, inner radius r(<) and outer radius r(>). For the 102 atoms He through Lr in their ground states, the radii r(<) and r(>) are systematically examined at the Hartree-Fock limit level. The effect of electron correlations on r(<) and r(>) is also discussed for the He atom and its isoelectronic ions.