Relativistic and Electron Correlation Effects in Molecules and Solids / Edition 1

by G.L. Malli

Overview

The NATO Advanced Study Institute (ASI) on "R@lativistic and Electron Correlation Effects in Molecules and Solids", co-sponsored by Simon Fraser University (SFU) and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) was held Aug 10- 21, 1992 at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, Canada. A total of 90 lecturers and students with backgrounds in Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics and various interdisciplinary subjects attended the ASI. In my proposal submitted to NATO for financial support for this ASI, I pointed out that a NATO ASI on the effects of relativity in many-electron systems was held ten years ago, [See G.L. Malli, (ed) Relativistic Effects in Atoms, Molecules and Solids, Plenum Press, Vol B87, New York, 1983]. Moreover, at a NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) on advanced methods for molecular electronic structure "an assessment of state-of­ the-art of Electron Correlation ... " was carried out [see C.E. Dykstra, (ed), Advanced Theories and Computational Approaches to the Electronic Structure of Molecules, D. Reidel Publishin~ Company, Vol C133, Dordrecht, The Netherlands 1984]. However, during the last five years, it has become clear that the relativistic and electron correlation effects must be included in the theoretical treatment of many-electron molecules and solids of heavy elements (with Z > 70). Molecules and clusters containing heavy elements are of crucial importance in a number of areas of Chemistry and Physics such as nuclear fuels, catalysis, surface science, etc.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780306446252
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	03/31/1994
Series:	NATO Science Series B: , #318
Edition description:	1994
Pages:	478
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.04(d)

Table of Contents

Relativistic and Electron Correlation Effects in Molecules of Heavy Elements.- Polyatomic Molecular Dirac-Hartree-Fock Calculations with Gaussian Basis Sets: Theory, Implementation and Applications.- Molecular Electronic Structure Calculations based on the Dirac-Coulomb-(Breit) Hamiltonian.- Electronic Structure of Molecules, Clusters and Surfaces using Ab Initio Relativistic Effective Core and Core/Valence Polarization Potentials.- Configuration Interaction Wave Functions.- Full Configuration Interaction and Møller-Plesset Theory.- A Discussion of Some Aspects of the MCSCF Method.- Electron Correlation in Molecules Using Direct Second Order MCSCF.- Algebraic Approach to Coupled Cluster Theory.- Correlated and Non-Correlated Wave Functions for Organometallics.- Modern Tools for Including Electron Correlation in Electronic Structure Studies: Hondo and Chem-Station.- Multiconfigurational Perturbation Theory.- Density Functional Theory, The Modern Treatment of Electron Correlations.- Density Functional Theory, Its Gaussian Implementation and Applications to Complex Systems.- An Introduction to GUGA in the Columbus Program System.- The Unitary Group Approach in Context.- Participants.

Editorial Reviews

Proceedings of a conference held in Vancouver, BC, in August 1992. Contents include relativistic and electron correlation effects in molecules of heavy elements, polyatomic molecular Dirac- Hartree-Fock calculation with Gaussian basis sets, configuration interaction wave functions, full configuration interaction and Moller- Plesset theory, some aspects of the MCSCF method, algebraic approach to coupled cluster theory, and correlated and non- correlated wave functions for organometallics. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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