Relativistic self-consistent-field atomic calculationsusing a generalization of Brillouin's theorem (original) (raw)

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When the one-body part of the relativistic Hamiltonian M is a sum of one-electron Dirac Hamiltonians, relativistic configuration interaction (CI) calculations are carried out on an ad hoc basis of positive-energy orbitals, t n ( =c 2cc6, and more recently, with the full bases of positive-energy and negative-energy orbitals, t n c Q ( =c 2cc6. . &nÄ E26QÄ E6 establishing a new variational principle for relativistic calculations of electronic structures. In this paper, on the basis of Brillouin's theorem and a relativistic multiconfiguration Hartree-Fock (RMCHF) expansion in the t n c Q ( =c 2cc6 basis, we develop equations to annihilate the coefficients of all single excitations to obtain very accurate RMCHF solutions. Moreover, after nullifying the coefficients of single excitations, the above inequality among energies becomes an equality, leading to a particular instance of an exact decoupling of positive-energy and negative-energy orbitals, irrespective of any ad hoc choice of potentials, hence rigorously justifying, for the first time, the absence of explicit projection operators in all current relativistic work where one-electron Dirac Hamiltonians are involved. We present, also for the first time, relativistic Hartree-Fock approximations for the ground states of He through Ar, which are accurate to six decimals in a.u., and which converge to the nonrelativistic results when the speed of light S <" . This accuracy was obtained by means of compact Slater-type orbital expansions through a direct translation of nonrelativistic Hartree-Fock without need to reoptimize nonlinear parameters. Our SCF equations are also valid for any open shells and for any excited states within a given symmetry, as exemplified with applications to odd-parity, a '*2, r 2 2r 2 2R 2 ?R states of neutral nitrogen.

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@ Ref. 11; c = 137.0373, using program GRASP by Grant et al. [4] with finite nuclear size. > Ref. 51. ° Ref. 53. Table 1. Single-configuration Dirac- Hartree-Fock, Hartree-Fock, jj-Hartree-Fock, and Dirac- Hartree- Fock, and first-order relativistic energies for He through Ar. Present Epur results go into the nonrelativistic ones, F’;;Hr, when the speed of light goes to infinity. Energies in a.u. (atom) and c = 137.035 9895.

Table 2. Hartree-Fock, jj-Hartree-Fock, and Dirac- Hartree-Fock energies, and first- order relativistic energies E59, for the ground states of some positive and negative ions and for the valence states of C and Si. Present Epur results go into the nonrelativistic ones, E;;ur, when the speed of light goes to infinity. Energies in au. (atom) and c = 137.035 9895.

Table 3. Comparison between the present approach and results obtained by solving the MCDHF equations for the orbital energies of Ne and Ar®* ground states. Energies in a.u. (atom) and c = 137.035 981.

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@ Excitation level of J = 1/2 state enclosed in parenthesis. Table 4. Configurations, excitation levels (0 for lowest in a given symmetry, and so on), L-S Hartree-Fock energies Eur, nonrelativistic 77 energies Ej ;ur, and relativistic Hartree-Fock energies Epur for some odd-parity, J = 1/2 states of neutral nitrogen; energies in a.u. (atom) and c = 137.035 9895. through separate treatments, they are not orthogonal to the lower solutions, however, they are strictly single-configuration solutions while retaining the upper bound property [41]. Thus, the Hartree-Fock energies for each excited state are bonafide single-configuration upper bounds to the nonrelativistic 25° states, or to the actual 2S° states, since relativistic corrections are always of negative sign.

Table 5. L-S terms of configuration 2p?np expressed in terms of 77 configurations, J = 1/2. Upper and lower cases denote 7 = 1+ 1/2 and j =1 — 1/2 orbitals, respectively. Normalized coefficients carry a common factor of 1/(6v6). For n = 4, and higher n values, the first-order wave function, (56), needs to be supplemented by the six dominant CSFs for each of the lower n values. This is to take into account excited states with J = 1/2 corresponding to *D°, *P°, and the three ?P° states. In the converged solutions the CI coefficients of these extra CSF’s have magnitudes smaller than 10-° but however small, they cannot be made strictly equal to zero, in contrast with the L-S situation for the pure 2S° states.

Tentative converged result follows

Table 6. Illustration of the method to annihilate the variational coeffi- cients cx of a singles CI calculation on the ground state of U°°t. Con- figurations K, eigenvector components cx, and approximate energy contributions AE’ are given in successive columns. Next are shown tentative DHF energies A 1, singles CI energies Escr, and values of the parameter w in (40). Energies in au. (atom) and c = 137.0373 for historic reasons.

True converged result follows

@ Algorithm accepts value of w.

Table 7. Convergence of the method to annihilate the vari- ational coefficients cx of a singles CI calculation on the ground state of U°°+. Configurations K, eigenvector com- ponents cx, and approximate energy contributions AFx are given in successive columns. In each case the annihilated component is easily identified by the smallness of the cor responding eigenvector component. Energies in a.u. (atom) and c = 137.0373.

Final results after 234 iterations

@ Numerical DHF result from ref. 33. Table 8. Convergence of the DHF energy for U®°t 1s? for energy- optimized STOs in several forms: a Drake-Goldman basis, an even- tempered basis, and STOs optimized for nonrelativistic full CI, trans- lated to Dirac bispinors by means of (5), (7), (8), and (19); energies in a.u. (atom) and c = 137.0373.

Key takeaways

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1. The method establishes accurate relativistic Hartree-Fock approximations for He through Ar, achieving six-decimal precision.
2. Developed a variational principle incorporating both positive and negative-energy orbitals, avoiding variational collapse.
3. Introduced a novel algorithm to annihilate variational coefficients of single excitations, yielding stable solutions.
4. Showed that relativistic calculations converge to nonrelativistic results as the speed of light approaches infinity.
5. Provided a comprehensive framework applicable to open shell configurations and excited states within specific symmetries.

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