Dipole Polarisabilities for Single Valence Electron Ions

Abstract

Estimates of ground state static electric dipole polarisabilities, utilising the numerical Coulomb approximation, are presented for ions of the Li, Na and Cu isoelectronic sequences to as high as 23 stages of ionisation. Comparisons are made with experimental results from spectroscopic studies of core polarised non-penetrating states in the Be, Mg and Zn isoelectronic sequences, which indicate that these estimates can provide a useful guide in spectroscopic analysis.