## Abstract A generalization of a method to calculate lower bounds to expectation values of nonβnegative observables is presented. We consider bounds to three electronic expectation values γ__r__^2^γ, γ__r__γ, and γ__r__^β1^γ in the helium atom as an example. For both γ__r__^2^γ and γ__r__γ, we are
Correlation effects to the expectation values of atomic systems
β Scribed by Richard E. Brown; S. Larsson
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1977
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 517 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0020-7608
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β¦ Synopsis
Abstract
The HartreeβFock and first natural spin determinants were compared as reference determinants for calculating various oneβelectron properties such as Ο(0), γΒ½βγ, γr^β2^γ,β¦, γr^3^γ, and r^β1^~12~γ. Calculations were made on various small atoms and their positive and negative ions. For nearly all the expectation values studied, the first natural spin orbital determinant gave consistently superior results. In particular, the HartreeβFock functions gave markedly inferior results for some long range properties such as the magnentic susceptibilities of negative ions. The major correlation error in the expectation values is primarily an orbital effect which may be accounted for by including correlation terms in the oneβparticle Hamiltonian. Such approximate Brueckner or best overlap orbitals should reproduce most oneβelectron expectation values accurately.
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