AB initio study of the regular polyhedral molecules N4, P4, As4, N8, P8 and As8

Ab initio pseudopotential SCF calculations were performed on tetrahedral X₄ molecules using double-zeta basis sets with and without d functions. The inclusion of d orbitals shortens the bond lengths, stabilizes the X₄ structures and intensifies the electron density inside the tetrahedron. The cubic X₈ molecules, calculated without d AOs, are not predicted to be more stable than 2X₄. Repulsions between parallel bonds in X₈ may compensate the lack of ring strain.     

On the size consistence of a few approximate multireference CI schemes

Using the canonical problem of N separate electron pairs, theN dependence of approximate multireference CI schemes is analyzed. When the DCI is taken as multireference space, the second order Quasi Degenerate Many Body Perturbation Theory (QD(MB)PT) gives twice the expected correction, while the CIPSI algorithm gives 66% of it, and the MRDCI a vanishing part of it. A modified QDPT effective hamiltonian, and a combination of CIPSI and QDPT algorithms seem to give better trends.     

Etude semiempirique de la configuration moléculaire stable des molécules ionisées ou excitées

Résumé Les déformations stabilisatrices des molécules ionisées ou excitées sont étudiées en supposant connues les coordonnées normales et les constantes de force de l'état fondamental et en calculant les variations de l'énergie d'ionisation ou d'excitation dans les déformations. On en déduit les coordonnées des minimas, les énergies de stabilisation, et les intersections des surfaces potentielles. Cette méthode est appliquée aux anions de la pyrazine calculés par les méthodes SCF et UHF dans les approximations de Pariser et Parr: les variations des longueurs de liaison sont de l'ordre de 0.15 å, celle de l'affinité électronique de 1 eV, et celle des densités de spin de 0.05 e. Ce phénomène peut jouer un rÔle dans l'eifet de charge. En méthode de Hückel des formules générales sont déduites, donnant l'énergie de stabilisation par déformation des ions et des états excités des polyènes.

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The stabilizing deformations of ionized or excited molecules are studied using experimental normal modes and force-constants, and calculating the variations of ionization or excitation energies in the deformations. We deduce new minimas, stabilizing deformations, crossing lines of potential surfaces. This method is applied to negative ions of pyrazine by SCF and UHF (Unstricted Hartree-Fock) methods in the Pariser-Parr approximations: the variations of bond lengths could reach 0.15 å, the electroaffinity could increase of 1 eV, and the spin densities change about 0.05 e. This phenomenon may play a role on the so-called charge-effect. In that scheme, general formulas giving the stabilizing deformation energies for ions and excited states of polyens are deduced from Hückel method.

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Zusammenfassung Die stabilisierenden Deformationen ionisierter oder angeregter Moleküle werden bei bekannten Normalkoordinaten und Kraftkonstanten des Grundzustandes studiert und die Änderungen der Ionisations- und Anregungsenergie bei den Deformationen berechnet. Hieraus werden die Minimumskoordinaten, Stabilisierungsenergien und Schnitte der PotentialflÄchen hergeleitet. Diese Methode wird auf die Anionen von Pyrazin mittels der SCF- und UHF-Methode im Rahmen der Pariser-Parr-NÄherung angewandt. Die Änderungen der BindungslÄngen betragen grö\enordnungsmÄ\ig 0,15 å, die der ElektronenaffinitÄten 1 eV und die der Spindichten 0,05 e. Dieses PhÄnomen spieltbeim sogenannten Ladungseffekt eine Rolle. Mit der Hückel-Methode werden allgemeine Formeln abgeleitet, die die Stabilisierungsenergie der Deformation der Ionen und angeregten ZustÄnde von Polyenen angeben.

     

Real space renormalization group with effective interactions: applications to 2-D spin lattices

The Blochs theory of effective Hamiltonians has been used to improve the Real Space Renormalization Group approach. The effective interactions between elementary blocks of a periodic lattice can be extracted from the knowledge of the spectrum of the dimers or trimers of blocks. The potentialities of the method are illustrated on a series of quasi 1-D and 2-D problems. The spin gap of two-leg ladders is calculated and an estimate of the impact of ferromagnetic couplings between two-leg ladders on the gap is presented. The method satisfactorily identifies the phase transitions in the 1/5-depleted square lattice as well as in the spin-frustrated Shastry-Sutherland lattice. The J ₂/J ₁ checkerboard lattice is studied and a location of the phase transition between the Néel phase and the dimer phase is proposed.Received: 11 June 2004, Published online: 30 September 2004PACS: 71.10.-W Theories and models of many-electron systems - 71.15.Nc Total energy and cohesive energy calculations - 75.10.-b General theory and models of magnetic ordering     

Possible use of DFT approaches for the determination of double exchange interactions

DFT calculations are performed on a model mixed-valence system presenting a double exchange phenomenon. Due to the intrinsic multireference character of the lowest Ms components of the spin states, it is shown that the interactions involved in the double-exchange model cannot be simply extracted from the DFT energies as it is sometimes done. It is, however, possible to extract from different DFT single determinant energies the interactions of a generalized Hubbard Hamiltonian, from which, in a second step, the double-exchange spectrum may be evaluated. The problems generated by the charge and spin polarization are discussed in both symmetric and non symmetric geometries, and the sensitivity of the results to the choice of the density functional is illustrated.     

Totally dressed SDCI calculations: An application to HF and F2

Summary A previously proposed procedure including the linked and unlinked contributions due to Triple and Quadruple excitations into a size-consistent SDCI-like model has been applied to HF and F₂ single-bond systems. The procedure is a non-iterative approximation to the more general total dressing model, which is based on the intermediate Hamiltonians theory. Three basis sets have been employed: the correlation consistent cc-pVTZ basis, a similar one including 3d1f polarization functions, and another including one set of g polarization functions. Excellent agreement with experiment and high-quality calculations is obtained for both equilibrium distances and spectroscopic constants. The possibilities of the method in treating single-bond breaking are also demonstrated. Finally, the Linked and Non-Linked contributions from Triple and Quadruple excitations are analysed separately and it is suggested that the addition of the linked triples to the size-consistent SDCI is sufficient to have quantitatively correct spectroscopic properties in going from the size-consistent SDCI to nearly experimental values.     

Styrene cis—trans photoisomerisation treated through a Heisenberg non-empirical hamiltonian

Using a recently proposed non-empirical Heisenberg hamiltonian, the ground and excited covalent surfaces of the styrene molecule are calculated as functions of the external double-bond twisting angle θ, including full bond-length optimisation. The lowest excited singlet surface exhibits a barrier at 0 ?~ 45° resulting from a weakly avoided crossing of two neutral diabatic surfaces. The isomerisation should proceed from the twisted funnel. This model and the calculated transition energies are in good agreement with experiment.