Electronic structure of Li? and F? calculated directly in momentum space

Abstract

A self-consistent field method is applied to compute directly in momentum space the electronic structures of the bound anions Li− and F− at the Hartree-Fock level. The convergence towards the Hartree-Fock limit, starting from STO-3G, 3–21G, 3–21+G and 6–311+G AO's, is stable and monotonous. Substantial improvement in the quality of the anion orbitals is noted already after one iteration. Particularly interesting is the efficiency with which the method modifies and improves the shape of the trial functions.