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Atomic Radial Correlation Energy Density Components

Chemical Physics 2025-09-17 v1

Abstract

The components of the radial correlation energy density are calculated and analyzed for the atoms from He to Ar. The components include the nucleus-electron potential correlation energy density, the kinetic correlation energy density and the electron-electron potential correlation energy density. The necessary correlated one and two-electron density matrices are obtained from the Extrapolated-Full-Configuration-Interaction (exFCI) wave function where the reference wave function is restricted Hartree-Fock (RHF) or restricted open-shell Hartree-Fock (ROHF) depending on whether the atom is closed or open-shell. The accuracy associated with integrating the HF and exFCI energy density components, and the correlation energy density components, is evaluated on the SG-1 and SG-2 atomic grids. The SG-1 grid provides atomic energies that are accurate to about 1 kJ mol1^{-1}, with the exception of the kinetic energy. The SG-2 grid is required for the analysis of atomic kinetic energies and more subtle energetic effects. There is also a significant amount of integration error cancellation in the correlation energy densities. The radial correlation energy densities display notable shell structure, and there is a substantial difference between the α\alpha and β\beta-electron correlation energy densities for the open-shell atoms.

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@article{arxiv.2509.12580,
  title  = {Atomic Radial Correlation Energy Density Components},
  author = {Ibrahim E. Awad and Abd Al-Aziz A. Abu-Saleh and Gurleen Cheema and Joshua W. Hollett and Raymond A. Poirier},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.12580},
  year   = {2025}
}

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15 pages, 2 tables, 21 figures

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