Rydberg states of the helium atom

Jia Deng; Andrew T.B. Gilbert; Peter M.W. Gill

doi:10.1002/qua.22015

Rydberg states of the helium atom

Jia Deng, Andrew T.B. Gilbert, Peter M.W. Gill

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Abstract

Using the recently introduced maximum overlap method and Hartree-Fock Perturbation Theory (HFPT), we compute Hartree-Fock (HF) wavefunctions for triplet 1s ns states of the helium atom. Comparison with near-exact results from Nakatsuji's free ICI method reveals that HF theory provides a simple route to accurate energies of these Rydberg states, especially for large n.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1915-1919
Number of pages	5
Journal	International Journal of Quantum Chemistry
Volume	109
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/qua.22015
Publication status	Published - 2009

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Rydberg states of the helium atom

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