Few electron systems confined in Gaussian potential wells and connection to Hooke atoms

In this work, we have computed and implemented one-body integrals concerning Gaussian confinement potentials over Gaussian basis functions. Then, we have set an equivalence between Gaussian and Hooke atoms and we have observed that, according to singlet and triplet state energies, both systems are e...

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Autores: Telleria Allika, Xabier, Mercero Larraza, José María, Ugalde Uribe-Etxebarria, Jesús, López de Pariza Sanz, Xabier, Matxain Beraza, Jon Mattin
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad del País Vasco
Repositorio:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigación
OAI Identifier:oai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/59559
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10810/59559
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Gaussian potential
Hooke atom
Pade approximants
Yukawa screening
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Sumario:In this work, we have computed and implemented one-body integrals concerning Gaussian confinement potentials over Gaussian basis functions. Then, we have set an equivalence between Gaussian and Hooke atoms and we have observed that, according to singlet and triplet state energies, both systems are equivalent for large confinement depth for a series of even number of electrons n = 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10. Unlike with harmonic potentials, Gaussian confinement potentials are dissociative for small enough depth parameter; this feature is crucial in order to model phenomena such as ionization. In this case, in addition to corresponding Taylor-series expansions, the first diagonal and sub-diagonal Pade approximant were also obtained, useful to compute the upper and lower limits for the dissociation depth. Hence, this method introduces new advantages compared to others.