A short-range gradient-corrected spin density functional in combination with long-range coupled-cluster methods: Application to alkali-metal rare-gas dimers

Chemical Physics

Volumn 329, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 276-282

  Goll, Erich ^a   Werner, Hans Joachim ^a   Stoll, Hermann ^a   Leininger, Thierry ^b   Gori Giorgi, Paola ^c   Savin, Andreas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE CHIMIE THÉORIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Open shell coupled cluster; Short range long range separation; Spin density functional; Van der Waals systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749536888     PISSN: 03010104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2006.05.020     Document Type: Article

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