Mchf Calculations For Atomic Properties

A historical review of the early development of Hartree-Fock and Multiconfiguration Hartree-Fock theories is presented. After the underlying theory is summarized, some recent results from the application of these methods to the prediction of atomic properties are described. These include total energies, transition probabilities, autoionization rates, specific mass shifts, and hyperfine parameters. In each case, large-scale, systematic procedures are used to show the convergence of the theoretically predicted results.