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Title: Cluster expansion of the wavefunction. Symmetry-adapted-cluster expansion, its variational determination, and extension of open-shell orbital theory

Journal Article · · J. Chem. Phys.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.436028· OSTI ID:5065657

The symmetry-adapted-cluster (SAC) expansion of an exact wavefunction is given. It is constructed from the generators of the symmetry-adapted excited configurations having the symmetry under consideration, and includes their higher-order effect and self-consistency effect. It is different from the conventional cluster expansions in several important points, and is suitable for applications to open-shell systems as well as closed-shell systems. The variational equation for the SAC wavefunction has a form similar to the generalized Brillouin theorem in accordance with the inclusion of the higher-order effect and the self-consistency effect. We have expressed some existing open-shell orbital theories equivalently in the conventional cluster expansion formulas, and on this basis, we have given the pseudo-orbital theory which is an extension of open-shell orbital theory in the SAC expansion formula.

Research Organization:
Department of Hydrocarbon Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan and Department of Chemistry, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta, Otsu, Japan
OSTI ID:
5065657
Journal Information:
J. Chem. Phys.; (United States), Vol. 68:5
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English