Static correlation

Kieron Burke
University of California, Irvine (UCI)

I will introduce the ideas behind static correlation. We will use stretched H2 as our prototype. I will discuss the Heitler-London wavefunction and the Coulson-Fischer point, and explain the symmetry dilemma. I will relate the importance of static correlation to the use of hybrid functionals via the adiabatic connection formula.

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