ISSN:
0020-7608
Keywords:
Computational Chemistry and Molecular Modeling
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Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
A large family of interlocking perturbational inequalities is derived by variational considerations for the stationary states of all systems described by a Hamiltonian linear in a real perturbing parameter λ. These inequalities constrain in many different ways the perturbation expansions of both exact and variational eigenvalues for these systems; analogous inequalities are derived for the components of the eigenvalues. A special feature of the analysis consists of obtaining inequalities applicable to the separate sums of even- and odd-order perturbation energies. For lowest states of each symmetry and for positive definite perturbing operator, the interlocking effect of the inequalities becomes extremely restrictive. The inequalities are illustrated with several numerical calculations for different systems and states of the helium isoelectronic sequence. The direction of the inequalities is found to be unaffected by low-order truncation, thus rendering them applicable to low-order perturbation expansions. The inequalities are used to study the efficacy of low-order perturbation theory for two- to ten-electron atomic isoelectronic sequences, and to determine the functional dependence upon λ of the eigenvalues and their components for arbitrary atomic isoelectronic sequences.
Additional Material:
7 Tab.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qua.560180318
