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P27 Success 5/5 Chimie quantique

Corrélation à deux électrons — He & H₂

Énergie de He à 2 %, ionisation à 10 %, récupération in-out de 45 % : la corrélation électronique partielle est accessible sans r₁₂ explicite.

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ChampValeur
lecturela frontiere multi-corps est un gradient : la correlation radiale (He in-out) et covalente (H2 VB) s'expriment en orbitales 1-corps et recuperent ~50-65% ; le mur residuel est la correlation angulaire (r12 explicite)
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Explanation — context & formalism

P27 — Two-Electron Correlation (He, H₂)

Field: Atomic / Molecular Physics Verdict: ✅ Success (5/5)

Problem

P20 located the many-body frontier beyond H₂⁺ (1 electron). P27 steps to two electrons: He (atom) and H₂ (molecule). Can a one-body operator treat correlation, or does it stop dead?

Method: variational Monte Carlo with common random numbers, exact local energy for exponential orbitals (no adjusted integrals; Eckart 1930 and Wang 1928 references reproduced).

He: radial correlation is crossable

MethodE (Ha)vs exact% of E_c recovered
Hartree (single ζ)−2.84771.93%0
Split-ζ in-out (MC)−2.87660.94%51.5%
Exact (Pekeris)−2.9037100%

H₂: covalent correlation is crossable

MethodR_eq (a₀)D_e (eV)Dissociation
MO gerade double (RHF)1.602.75wrong (ionically contaminated)
Heitler–London (VB)1.403.80correct (E(∞) = −1.00 Ha)
Exact1.4014.75

The frontier is a gradient

  1. Mean field (Hartree): existence, orders of magnitude, variational bound.
  2. Radial/covalent correlation: accessible in one-body orbitals (in-out for He, VB for H₂), ~50% of E_c.
  3. Angular correlation (r₁₂): the wall, requiring an explicitly two-body coordinate.

Verdict

CriterionResult
He energy within 2%
Ionization within 10%
In-out recovers ≥ 45% E_c
H₂ MO R_eq within 15%
H₂ VB recovers ≥ 50% of gap

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