Abstract
Calculations of photoionization cross sections for alkali-metal atoms are carried out in the framework of relativistic many-body perturbation theory (RMBPT) using quasicontinuum $B$-spline orbitals. All third-order terms are included, in contrast to previous calculations based on either random-phase approximation (RPA), Brueckner orbitals, or their combination. The particular advantage of quasicontinuum states is that high-order MBPT codes do not require modification for applications to the photoionization problem. The agreement with experiment is improved compared to RPA and Dirac-Hartree-Fock approximations. The results also exhibit close form invariance. The presented formalism can be extended to other photoionizing transitions.
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