Complex-scaled <i>ab initio</i> QED approach to autoionizing states
Complex-scaled <i>ab initio</i> QED approach to autoionizing states
An ab initio method based on a complex-scaling approach and aimed at a rigorous QED description of autoionizing states is worked out. The autoionizing-state binding energies are treated nonperturbatively in $\ensuremath{\alpha}Z$ and include all the many-electron QED contributions up to the second order. The higher-order electron correlation, nuclear recoil, and …