Calculation of the Critical Distances in a System of Two Colliding Nuclei Beyond the Monopole Approximation

Abstract

A method for calculating electronic levels in compact superheavy nuclear quasimolecules based on solving the Dirac equation in spherical coordinates using a multipole expansion of a two-center potential is developed. It is shown that, for internuclear distances up to ∼100 fm, such a technique enables fast convergence, which allows one to calculate the electronic energy levels with an accuracy better than 10⁻⁶. Moreover, all the multipole moments can be calculated analytically. The critical distances between the similar colliding nuclei have been calculated in the range Z ∼ 87–100 for bottom electronic levels: even 1σ_g and odd 1σ_u, respectively.