Coalescence Conditions of Relativistic Wave Functions

Citation:

Shao S, Li Z, Liu W. Coalescence Conditions of Relativistic Wave Functions. In: Handbook of Relativistic Quantum Chemistry. Berlin: Springer; 2017. pp. 497-530.

摘要:

The electron-electron coalescence conditions for the wave functions of the Dirac-Coulomb (DC), Dirac-Coulomb-Gaunt (DCG), and Dirac-Coulomb-Breit (DCB) Hamiltonians are analyzed by making use of the internal symmetries of the reduced two-electron systems. The results show that, at the coalescence point of two electrons, the wave functions of the DCG Hamiltonian are regular, while those of the DC and DCB Hamiltonians have $r_{12}^{\nu}$ type weak singularities, with $\nu$ being negative and of $\mathcal{O}(\alpha^2)$. Yet, such asymptotic expansions of the relativistic wave functions are only valid within an extremely small convergence radius $R_c$ of $\mathcal{O}(\alpha^2)$. Beyond this radius, the behaviors of the relativistic wave functions are still dominated by the nonrelativistic limit. 

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