ISSN:
1432-2234
Keywords:
Key words: Core-polarization potential
;
Pseudopotential
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Lanthanides
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Ytterbium
;
Van der Waals interaction
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Abstract The ground state of the van der Waals-type lanthanide dimer Yb2 has been studied by means of relativistic energy-consistent ab initio pseudopotentials using three different core definitions. Electron correlation was treated by coupled-cluster theory, whereby core-valence correlation effects have been accounted for either explicitly by correlating the energetically highest coreorbitals or implicitly by means of an effective core-polarization potential. Results for the first and second atomic ionization potentials, the atomic dipole polarizability, and the spectroscopic constants of the molecular ground state are reported. Low-lying excited states have been investigated with spin-orbit configuration interaction calculations. It is also demonstrated for the whole lanthanide series that correlation effects due to the atomic-like, possibly open 4f-shell in lanthanides can be modeled effectively by adding a core-polarization potential to pseudopotentials attributing the 4f-shell to the core.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s002140050373
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