Valence energy in variational Monte Carlo: CuH dissociation energy

✍ Scribed by Stuart M. Rothstein

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 450 KB
• Volume: 60
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0020-7608
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-461x(1996)60:4<803::aid-qua2>3.0.co;2-0

✦ Synopsis

We show how to estimate the dissociation energy of CuH using the variational Monte Carlo method. The techniques involved are (i) an all-electron approach, (ii) a diffusiononly Metroplis algorithm which is well-suited for sampling the nodal regions properly, and (iii) a core-valence partitioning scheme such that the dissociation energy is estimated from the valence energies of CUH and Cu only. This approach avoids several of the approximations inherent in pseudopotential methods. Using relatively crude wave functions, we obtain an estimate of the dissociation energy and dipole moment with an accuracy on par with much more elaborate calculations in the literature.

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