Electronic Resource
New York, NY
:
Wiley-Blackwell
International Journal of Quantum Chemistry
21 (1982), S. 1041-1050
ISSN:
0020-7608
Keywords:
Computational Chemistry and Molecular Modeling
;
Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
The theory by which a wave function may be factorized into conditional and marginal amplitudes is extended to the domain of approximate wave functions. The approximate conditional and marginal factors are well defined, and the marginal factor satisfies a variation principle that is equivalent to a reduced Schrödinger equation having the same form as that derived in the case of exact wave functions. Of the two ways of calculating the effective potential in the reduced Schrödinger equation (which are equivalent in the case of exact wave functions), the integral method is demonstrated to be intrinsically more accurate than the differential method. The variation principle for the marginal amplitude leads to a technique for improving approximate wave functions within a subspace of the whole configuration space. These concepts are illustrated by calculations on the ground state of the helium atom.
Additional Material:
2 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qua.560210608
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