Abstract
The crossed-second-order corrections to the specific mass shifts of the lowest terms of the two lowest configurations of the Nickel atom are evaluated ab initio in the Multiconfigurational Hartree-Fock scheme. The excitations towards the nf(l=3) empty subshells play the major role. If the contributions obtained are added to the Hartree-Fock values, the discrepancy between experiment and theory for the 3d8 4s2−3d9 4s (virtual) transition is only reduced by one third. As concerns the differences between the specific shifts of the five Russell-Saunders terms of 3d8 4s2, the crossed-second-order contributions are predicted to be practically as large as the Hartree-Fock values, which makes the total definitely measurable.
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