Comment on "Quantum Monte Carlo study of the dipole moment of CO" [J. Chem. Phys. 110, 11700 (1999)]
J. Chem. Phys. 112, 4419 (2000); doi:10.1063/1.480990
Issue Date: 1 March 2000
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Recently Schautz and Flad concluded that the HellmannFeynman theorem holds within the fixed-node diffusion quantum Monte Carlo (DMC) method. We show that the HellmannFeynman expression is not in general equal to the derivative of the DMC energy with respect to some parameter
if the nodal surface depends on
. ©2000 American Institute of Physics.
if the nodal surface depends on
. ©2000 American Institute of Physics.
| History: | Received 1 October 1999; accepted 8 December 1999 |
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J. Chem. Phys. 112, 4421 (2000) - Quantum Monte Carlo study of the dipole moment of CO
F. Schautz et al.
J. Chem. Phys. 110, 11700 (1999)
KEYWORDS and PACS
- 33.15.Kr
Molecular properties and interactions with photons Properties of molecules and molecular ions Electric and magnetic moments (and derivatives), polarizability, and magnetic susceptibility - 31.15.-p
Electronic structure of atoms, molecules and their ions: theory Calculations and mathematical techniques in atomic and molecular physics (excluding electron correlation calculations) - YEAR: 2000
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