Lanthanum group: Detection and correction of errors in orbital binding energy measurements of internal shells

Abstract

Experimental data on electronic binding energies in a ground state of lanthanides are analyzed. Internal individual shells K, L, M, N are studied in detail. The data scatter is discussed. Atomic number similarity law of orbital binding energies is shown and deviations from it in some experimental results are treated as measurement errors. Polynomial interpolation of patterns makes it possible to restore missing and correct erroneous data. Comparison is made with experimental data from other sources and theoretical results.