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Ab initio effective core potentials for molecular calculations. Potentials for K to Au including the outermost core orbitals

J. Chem. Phys. 82, 299 (1985); doi:10.1063/1.448975

Issue Date: 1 January 1985

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P. Jeffrey Hay and Willard R. Wadt
Theoretical Division, MS J569, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
Ab initio effective core potentials (ECP's) have been generated to replace the innermost core electron for third-row (K–Au), fourth-row (Rb–Ag), and fifth-row (Cs–Au) atoms. The outermost core orbitals—corresponding to the ns2np6 configuration for the three rows here—are not replaced by the ECP but are treated on an equal footing with the nd, (n+1)s and (n+1)p valence orbitals. These ECP's have been derived for use in molecular calculations where these outer core orbitals need to be treated explicitly rather than to be replaced by an ECP. The ECP's for the forth and fifth rows also incorporate the mass–velocity and Darwin relativistic effects into the potentials. Analytic fits to the potentials are presented for use in multicenter integral evaluation. Gaussian orbital valence basis sets are developed for the (3s, 3p, 3d, 4s, 4p), (4s, 4p, 4d, 5s, 5p), and (5s, 5p, 5d, 6s, 6p) ortibals of the three respective rows. The Journal of Chemical Physics is copyrighted by The American Institute of Physics.
History: Received 31 July 1984; accepted 26 September 1984
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PACS
  • 31.20.Ej
    Electronic structure of atoms and molecules: theory Specific calculations and results Ab initio LCAO and SCF calculations
  • 31.20.Rx
    Electronic structure of atoms and molecules: theory Specific calculations and results Valence bond calculations (ab initio or not); spin density and electron density calculations
  • YEAR: 1985

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