Potential functions extended atoms

Force fields split naturally into two main classes all-atom force fields and united atom force fields. In the former, each atom in the system is represented explicitly by potential functions. In the latter, hydrogens attached to heavy atoms (such as carbon) are removed. In their place single united (or extended) atom potentials are used. In this type of force field a CH2 group would appear as a single spherical atom. United atom sites have the advantage of greatly reducing the number of interaction sites in the molecule, but in certain cases can seriously limit the accuracy of the force field. United atom force fields are most usually required for the most computationally expensive tasks, such as the simulation of bulk liquid crystal phases via molecular dynamics or Monte Carlo methods (see Sect. 5.1). 

Double Zeta + Polarization functions Extended Hartree-Fock Electron Spectroscopy for Chemical Analysis Floating Ellipsoidal Gaussian Orbital Floating Spherical Gaussian Orbital Generalized Atomic Effective Potential Gaussian Type Orbital... 

For solids with more localized electrons, the LCAO approach is perhaps more suitable. Here, the starting point is the isolated atoms (for which it is assumed that the electron-wave functions are already known). In this respect, the approach is the extreme opposite of the free-electron picture. A periodic solid is constructed by bringing together a large number of isolated atoms in a maimer entirely analogous to the way one builds molecules with the LCAO approximation to MO (LCAO-MO) theory. The basic assumption is that overlap between atomic orbitals is small enough that the extra potential experienced by an electron in a solid can be treated as a perturbation to the potential in an atom. The extended- (Bloch) wave function is treated as a superposition of localized orbitals, centered at each atom ... 

In the next four subsections we will discuss the strategies we have employed to use the single topology method to carry out QM-FEP studies that involve changing the identity of atoms, the number of electrons, atoms and orbitals within a system. All of the derivations and tests shown here are done within the semiempirical PM3 Hamiltonian (Stewart, 1989 Stewart, 1989), although they could easily be extended for use with other QM potential functions. 

We now turn to the partial-wave approach. Wignev and Seitz [1.14] suggested that the spherical symmetry of the potential be extended all the way to the boundaries of an atomic polyhedron. The wave functions in the solid can then be described as the Bloch sum... 

In section 6.9 we already introduced finite-size models of the atomic nucleus and analyzed their effect on the eigenstates of the Dirac hydrogen atom. This analysis has been extended in the previous sections to the many-electron case. It turned out that neither the electron-electron interaction potential functions nor the inhomogeneities affect the short-range behavior of the shell functions already obtained for the one-electron case. Table 9.5 now provides the total electronic energies calculated for the hydrogen atom and some neutral many-electron atoms obtained for different nuclear potentials provided by Visscher and Dyall [439], who also provided a list of recommended finite-nucleus model parameters recommended for use in calculations in order to make computed results comparable. 

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