Self-consistent-field calculations of core excited states
Self-consistent-field calculations of core excited states
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DOI:
10.1063/1.3092928
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发表时间:
2009-03-28
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
Gill, Peter M. W.
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作者:
Besley, Nicholas A.;Gilbert, Andrew T. B.;Gill, Peter M. W.
The accuracy of core excitation energies and core electron binding energies computed within a Delta self-consistent-field framework is assessed. The variational collapse of the core excited state is prevented by maintaining a singly occupied core orbital using an overlap criterion called the maximum overlap method. When applied to a wide range of small organic molecules, the resulting core excitation energies are not systematically underestimated as observed in time-dependent density functional theory and agree well with experiment. The accuracy of this approach for core excited states is illustrated by the calculation of the pre-edge features in x-ray absorption spectra of plastocyanin, which shows that accurate results can be achieved with Delta self-consistent-field calculations when used in conjunction with uncontracted basis functions.