Relativistic energy-consistent pseudopotentials--recent developments
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Computation of Atmospheric Concentrations of Molecular Clusters from ab initio Thermochemistry
Published on: April 8, 2020
Hermann Stoll1, Bernhard Metz, Michael Dolg
1Institut für Theoretische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, D-70550 Stuttgart, Germany. stoll@theochem.uni-stuttgart.de
Abstract:
The direct adjustment of two-component pseudopotentials (scalar-relativistic + spin-orbit potentials), to atomic total energy valence spectra derived from four-component multiconfiguration Dirac-Hartree-Fock all-electron calculations based on the Dirac-Coulomb-Breit Hamiltonian, has been made a routine tool for an efficient treatment of heavy main-group elements. Both large-core (nsp valence shell) and small-core ((n - 1)spd nsp valence shell) potentials have been generated for all the post-d elements of groups 13-17. At the example of lead and bismuth compounds (PbHal, BiH, BiO, BiHal (Hal = F, Cl, Br, I)), we show how small-core and large-core potentials can be combined in accurate, yet computationally economic, spin-free-state-shifted relativistic electronic structure calculations of molecular ground and excited states.
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