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High-quality variational wave functions for small 4He clusters

Atomic and Molecular Clusters 2009-10-31 v1 Condensed Matter

Abstract

We report a variational calculation of ground state energies and radii for 4He_N droplets (3 \leq N \leq 40), using the atom-atom interaction HFD-B(HE). The trial wave function has a simple structure, combining two- and three-body correlation functions coming from a translationally invariant configuration-interaction description, and Jastrow-type short-range correlations. The calculated ground state energies differ by around 2% from the diffusion Monte Carlo results.

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@article{arxiv.physics/9904037,
  title  = {High-quality variational wave functions for small 4He clusters},
  author = {R. Guardiola and M. Portesi and J. Navarro},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/9904037},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

5 pages, 1 ps figure, REVTeX, submitted to Phys. Rev. B