Configuration-interaction theory orbital rotations

Linear response theory expression Alternatively, the spin-spin coupling constant can be expressed using the linear response theory formalism. Let us write the electronic energy of the system perturbed by the nuclear magnetic dipole moments M/f in the form E = E(Mjf, A), where A are the variational parameters of the wave function. A may represent orbital rotation parameters for the SCF wave function, or orbital rotation parameters and coefficients of the configuration interaction expansion for the MCSCF... 

An interesting recent study of the perturbations of the 3II and. 4 11 states of CO due to spin-orbit and rotational-orbit interactions has appeared.320 By including Cl functions built from HF orbitals optimized for each state, good agreement was obtained between theory and experiment in most cases, but the single-configuration approximation is seriously in error. 

The Dirac-Hartree-Fock iterative process can be interpreted as a method of seeking cancellations of certain one- and two-body diagrams.33,124 The self-consistent field procedure can be regarded as a sequence of rotations of the trial orbital basis into the final Dirac-Hartree-Fock orbital set, each set in this sequence forming a basis for the Furry bound-state interaction picture of quantum electrodynamics. The self-consistent field potential involves contributions from the negative energy states of the unscreened spectrum so that the Dirac-Hartree-Fock method defines a stationary point in the space of possible configurations, rather that a variational minimum, as is the case in non-relativistic theory. 

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