Calculations with the quasirelativistic local-spin-density-functional theory for high-Z atoms
The generalized-exchange local-spin-density-functional theory (LSD-GX) with relativistic corrections of the mass velocity and Darwin terms has been used to calculate statistical total energies for the neutral atoms, the positive ions, and the negative ions for high-Z elements. The effect of the correlation and relaxation correction on the statistical total energy is discussed. Comparing the calculated results for the ionization potentials and electron affinities for the atoms (atomic number Z from 37 to 56 and 72 to 80) with experiment, shows that for the atoms rubidium to barium both the LSD-GX and the quasirelativistic LSD-GX, with self-interaction correction, Gopinathan, Whitehead, and Bogdanovic's Fermi-hole parameters (Phys. Rev. A 14, 1 (1976)), and Vosko, Wilk, and Nusair's correlation correction (Can. J. Phys. 58, 1200 (1980)), are very good methods for calculating ionization potentials and electron affinities. For the atoms hafnium to mercury the relativistic effect has to be considered.
- Research Organization:
- Theoretical Chemistry Group, Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A2K6
- OSTI ID:
- 6919333
- Journal Information:
- Phys. Rev. A; (United States), Vol. 38:7
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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