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Published on: February 14, 2014
Correlation holes for the helium dimer
1Kimika Fakultatea and Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, P.K. 1072, 20080 Donostia, Euskadi, Spain. mario_piris@ehu.es
Abstract:
We have investigated the radial electron pair probability distributions (REPPDs) of the helium dimer within the Piris natural orbital functional (PNOF) theory. The analytical formulas to evaluate intracule densities, Fermi, Coulomb, and total correlation holes using our reconstruction functional PNOF-2 [J. Chem. Phys. 126, 214103 (2007)] are derived. The Löwdin's Coulomb holes from PNOF-2 and full configuration interaction calculations are analyzed showing a very similar behavior. New definitions of the Coulomb and Fermi holes based on the cumulant expansion of the two-particle reduced density matrix are presented. The holes are defined in terms of the exact one-particle reduced density matrix and the two-particle cumulant without any reference to the Hartree-Fock state. Through these definitions, we analyze separately the contribution of each component to the total REPPD at several values of the internuclear distance. A straight connection between the Coulomb hole and dispersion interactions is observed.
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