Improved estimates of the nonrelativistic stationary nucleus correlation energies of the ground-state atomic ions with three to ten electrons and Z up to 20 are derived by combining experimental data and improved ab initio calculations. Unlike previous work in this area, we focus on the correlation contribution to individual ionization energies, computed by comparing experimental data with relativistic complete-valence-space Hartree-Fock energies.

• Received 21 June 1991

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.44.7071