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Orbital-free effective embedding potential at nuclear cusp

Chemical Physics 2008-04-04 v1

Abstract

A new approach to approximate the kinetic-energy-functional dependent component (vt[ρA,ρB](r)v_t[\rho_A,\rho_B](\vec{r})) of the effective potential in one-electron equations for orbitals embedded in a frozen density environment (Eqs. 20-21 in [Wesolowski and Warshel, {\it J. Phys. Chem.} {\bf 97}, (1993) 8050]) is proposed. The exact limit for vtv_t at ρA0\rho_A\longrightarrow 0 and ρBdr=2\int \rho_B d\vec{r}=2 is enforced. The significance of this limit is analysed formally and numerically for model systems including a numerically solvable model and real cases where ρBdr=2\int \rho_B d\vec{r}=2. A simple approximation to vt[ρA,ρB](r)v_t[\rho_A,\rho_B](\vec{r}) is constructed which enforces the considered limit near nuclei in the environment. Numerical examples are provided to illustrate the numerical significance of the considered limit for real systems - intermolecular complexes comprising, non-polar, polar, charged constituents. Imposing the limit improves significantly the quality of the approximation to vt[ρA,ρB](r)v_t[\rho_A,\rho_B](\vec{r}) for systems comprising charged components. For complexes comprising neutral molecules or atoms the improvement occurs as well but it is numerically insignificant.

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@article{arxiv.0804.0602,
  title  = {Orbital-free effective embedding potential at nuclear cusp},
  author = {Juan Maria Garcia Lastra and Jakub W. Kaminski and Tomasz A. Wesolowski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0804.0602},
  year   = {2008}
}
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