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:
In order to treat the interaction energy of two molecules a standard Rayleigh-Schrödinger perturbation theory is developed. The Hartree-Fock functions of the separated molecules are used as one particle basis functions, the initial set of states being truncated and non-orthogonal. The non-orthogonality is included into the Hamiltonian by orthogonalization of the basis set. The unperturbed Hamiltonian is chosen so that it possesses the correct symmetry properties with respect to the electron permutations between different molecules. The procedure of this kind automatically results in the appearance of charge transfer states.A graphical technique is elaborated which is a modified version of the Feynman-Goldstone technique and provides a convenient representation of the interaction energy contributions of any order. As an example the first- and the second-order diagrams are considered.A correct expression for the dispersion energy is obtained which differs by a factor from that of the theory using a nonsymmetrical zero approximation.
Additional Material:
4 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qua.560060103
