화학공학소재연구정보센터
Chemical Physics Letters, Vol.500, No.1-3, 1-8, 2010
A tale of two electrons: Correlation at high density
We review our recent progress in the determination of the high-density correlation energy E-c in two-electron systems. Several two-electron systems are considered, such as the well known helium-like ions (helium), and the Hooke's law atom (hookium). We also present results regarding two electrons on the surface of a sphere (spherium), and two electrons trapped in a spherical box (ballium). We also show that, in the large-dimension limit, the high-density correlation energy of two opposite-spin electrons interacting via a Coulomb potential is given by Ec similar to -1/(8D(2)) for any radial external potential V(r), where D is the dimensionality of the space. This result explains the similarity of Ec in the previous two-electron systems for D = 3. Crown Copyright (C) 2010 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.