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Breit Equation

The Breit Equation is a relativistic wave equation that extends the Dirac equation to describe the interaction between two or more spin-½ particles by incorporating magnetic and retardation effects up to the first order in the fine-structure constant.

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101

Relativistic calculation of atomic structures

I. P. Grant · Advances In Physics · 1970 · 837 citations

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Foundations of the relativistic theory of many-electron atoms

J. Sucher · Physical review. A, General physics · 1980 · 822 citations

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Mass Corrections to the Fine Structure of Hydrogen-Like Atoms

E. E. Salpeter · Physical Review · 1952 · 757 citations

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On the interaction of two electrons

G. E. Brown, D. G. Ravenhall · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences · 1951 · 515 citations

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Diagonalisation of the Dirac Hamiltonian as a basis for a relativistic many-body procedure

Ingvar Lindgren, Eva Lindroth, S. Lundqvist et al. · Journal of Physics B Atomic and Molecular Physics · 1986 · 417 citations

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Authors

156

  1. IP
    I. P. Grant

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 1.5K citations

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  2. LA
    Lloyd Armstrong

    Johns Hopkins University, United States

    3 publications · 94 citations

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  3. JS
    J. Sucher

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    3 publications · 972 citations

    3

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  4. MR
    Markus Reiher

    ETH Zurich, Switzerland

    2 publications · 25 citations

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  5. WS
    W. Scheid

    Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Germany

    2 publications · 35 citations

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Institutions

107

  1. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    1.1K citations

  2. St Petersburg University

    Saint Petersburg, Russia

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    200 citations

  3. University of Tennessee at Knoxville

    Knoxville, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    94 citations

  4. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    59 citations

  5. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    511 citations

  6. University of Oslo

    Oslo, Norway

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    162 citations

  7. Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics

    Moscow, Russia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    56 citations

  8. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    180 citations

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  1. Physical Review

    15 publications · 1.8K citations

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  2. Physical Review A

    PRA · 13 publications · 529 citations

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  4. Physica Scripta

    8 publications · 451 citations

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  5. Physical review. A, General physics

    6 publications · 1.2K citations

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