Actinyl Electronic Structure Probed by XAS: The Role of Many-Body Effects
Paul S Bagus1, Connie J Nelin2, Bianca Schacherl3
1Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 76203-5017, United States.
Abstract:
A detailed analysis of the wave functions for the M5 to 5f excitations in the linear actinyls, UO22+, NpO22+, and PuO22+, and the theoretical X-ray absorption spectra obtained with these wave functions in comparison with experimental M5-edge high-resolution X-ray absorption near-edge structure (HR-XANES) spectra is presented. The wave functions include full treatment of scalar and spin-orbit relativistic effects through the use of a Dirac-Coulomb Hamiltonian; many-body effects are included in determining the wave functions. The character of the excited states and of the active spaces to describe the wave functions for these states are investigated and analyzed. It is shown that the excited states cannot, in general, be described with a single configuration but have an essential multiconfiguration character. The characterization of the properties of the excited states and the X-ray absorption spectra was achieved through the use of novel methods.
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