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Relativistic radial electron density functions and natural orbitals from GRASP2018

Sacha Schiffmann, Jiguang Li, J. Ekman, Gediminas Gaigalas, Michel Godefroid, Per Jönsson, Jacek Bieroń

2022Computer Physics Communications11 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

A new module, RDENSITY, of the GRASP2018 package [1] is presented for evaluating the radial electron density function of an atomic state described by a multiconfiguration Dirac-Hartree-Fock or configuration interaction wave function in the fully relativistic scheme. The present module is the relativistic version of DENSITY [2] that was developed for the ATSP2K package [3]. The calculation of the spin-angular factors entering in the expression of the expectation value of the density operator is performed using the angular momentum theory in orbital, spin, and quasispin spaces, adopting a generalized graphical technique [4]. The natural orbitals (NOs) are evaluated from the diagonalization of the density matrix, taking advantage of its κ-block structure. The features of the code are discussed in detail, focusing on the advantages and properties of the NOs and on the electron radial density picture as a mean for investigating electron correlation and relativistic effects. Program title: RDENSITY CPC Library link to program files: https://doi.org/10.17632/4sdrf5kfzd.1 Licensing provisions: MIT license Programming language: FORTRAN 95 Nature of problem: This program determines the atomic electron radial density in the MCDHF approximation. It also evaluates the natural orbitals by diagonalizing the density matrix. Solution method: Building the density operator using second quantization - Spherical symmetry averaging - Evaluating the matrix elements of the one-body excitation operators in the configuration state function (CSF) space using the angular momentum theory in orbital, spin, and quasispin spaces. Additional comments including restrictions and unusual features: We evaluated the electron radial density and natural orbitals of the lowest states in Mg II. The MCDHF wave functions consisted of four non-interacting blocks and a total of 79 000 CSFs. The calculation took around 2 minutes using a computer with an Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6148 processor @ 2.4 GHz. GRASP2018 - A Fortran 95 version of the General Relativistic Atomic Structure Package, C. Froese Fischer, G. Gaigalas, P. Jönsson and J. Bieroń, Comput. Phys. Commun. 237 (2019) 184-187. Multiconfiguration electron density function for the ATSP2K-package, A. Borgoo, O. Scharf, G. Gaigalas and M. Godefroid, Comput. Phys. Commun. 181 (2010) 426-439 An MCHF atomic-structure package for large-scale calculations, C. Froese Fischer, G. Tachiev, G. Gaigalas, and M. Godefroid, Comput. Phys. Commun. 176 (2007) 559-579 An efficient approach for spin-angular integrations in atomic structure calculations, G. Gaigalas, Z. Rudzikas, and C. Froese Fischer, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Phys., 30 (1997) 3747-3771

Topics & Concepts

PhysicsWave functionAtomic orbitalQuantum mechanicsSlater determinantDensity matrixAngular momentumElectronAtomic physicsQuantumAtomic and Molecular PhysicsAdvanced Chemical Physics StudiesNuclear physics research studies
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