Resolutions of the Coulomb operator

Sergey A. Varganov, Andrew T.B. Gilbert, Evelyne Deplazes, Peter M.W. Gill

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    Abstract

    We discuss a generalization of the resolution of the identity by considering one-body resolutions of two-body operators, with particular emphasis on the Coulomb operator. We introduce a set of functions that are orthonormal with respect to 1 r12 and propose that the resulting "resolution of the Coulomb operator," r12 -1 = ∫ φi 〉 〈 φi ∫, may be useful for the treatment of large systems due to the separation of two-body interactions. We validate our approach by using it to compute the Coulomb energy of large systems of point charges.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number201104
    JournalJournal of Chemical Physics
    Volume128
    Issue number20
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2008

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