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Angular aspects of exchange correlation and the fermi hole
Author(s) -
Ugalde J. M.,
Boyd Russell J.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
international journal of quantum chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.484
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1097-461X
pISSN - 0020-7608
DOI - 10.1002/qua.560270408
Subject(s) - physics , atomic physics , fermi gamma ray space telescope , coulomb , ground state , beryllium , nucleus , fermi contact interaction , electron , wave function , polarization (electrochemistry) , condensed matter physics , chemistry , quantum mechanics , hyperfine structure , nuclear physics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
The complete (nonreduced) αα probability density functions evaluated from the Hartree–Fock and simple Hartree product wavefunctions have been used to elucidate the angular features of spin correlation and the Fermi hole in the 2 3 S state of helium and the ground state of beryllium. This approach shows that the local Fermi holes in these two cases are very similar and that the Fermi hole is essentially spherically symmetric when the reference electron is close to the nucleus. As the reference electron is removed to larger radial distances, appreciable polarization of the Fermi hole is observed. The polarization is greater in the direction of the nucleus than away from the nucleus, contrary to the situation in the Coulomb hole of the helium ground state where the polarization is greater away from the nucleus than toward the nucleus. Several other differences between the He 2 3 S Fermi hole and the He 1 1 S Coulomb hole are noted.