From the Green's Function in Tight-Binding Representation to Interatomic Many-body Potentials

In this paper, we deduce the analytical form of many-body interatomic potentials based on the Green's function in tight-binding representation. The many-body potentials are expressed as the functions of the hopping integrals which are the physical origin of cohesion of atoms. For thesimple case of s-valent system, the inversion of the many-body potentials are discussed in detail by using the lattice inversion method.

The structure and the potential energy function of AlSO(C_S,X^2A″)

By using the B3P86/aug-cc-pvtz method, the accurate equilibrium geometry of the AlSO （Cs, X2AH） molecule has been calculated and compared with available theoreticM values. The obtained results show that the AlSO molecule has a most stable structure with bond lengths of ROA1= 0.1864 nm, ROS=0.1623 nm, RAIS=0.2450 nm, together with a dissociation energy of 13.88 eV. The possible electronic states and their reasonable dissociation limits for the ground state of the AlSO molecule were determined based on the principle of atomic and molecular reaction statics. The analytic potential energy function of the AlSO molecule was derived by the many-body expansion theory and the contour lines were constructed for the first time, which show the internal information of the AlSO molecule, including the equilibrium structure and stable point. The analysis demonstrates that the obtained potential energy function of AlSO is reaSonable and successful and the present investigations provide important insights for further study on molecular reaction dynamics.

Theoretical study of the structure and analytic potential energy function for the ground state of the PO_2 molecule

In this paper, the energy, equilibrium geometry, and harmonic frequency of the ground electronic state of PO2 are computed using the B3LYP, B3P86, CCSD（T）, and QCISD（T） methods in conjunction with the 6-311＋＋G（3df, 3pd） and cc-pVTZ basis sets. A comparison between the computational results and the experimental values indicates that the B3P86/6-311＋＋G（3df, 3pd） method can give better energy calculation results for the PO2 molecule. It is shown that the ground state of the PO2 molecule has C2v symmetry and its ground electronic state is X2A1. The equilibrium parameters of the structure are Rp-o = 0.1465 am, ZOPO = 134.96°, and the dissociation energy is Ed = 19.218 eV. The bent vibrational frequency Ul = 386 cm-1, symmetric stretching frequency v2 = 1095 cm-1, and asymmetric stretching frequency ua = 1333 em-1 are obtained. On the basis of atomic and molecular reaction statics, a reasonable dissociation limit for the ground state of the PO2 molecule is determined. Then the analytic potential energy function of the PO2 molecule is derived using many-body expansion theory. The potential curves correctly reproduce the configurations and the dissociation energy for the PO2 molecule.

The molecular structure and analytical potential energy function of HCO （X^2A＇）

In this paper the equilibrium structure of HCO has been optimized by using density functional theory （DFT）/ B3P86 method and CC-PVTZ basis. It has a bent （Cs, X^2A＇） ground state structure with an angle of 124.4095 °. The vibronic frequencies and force constants have also been calculated. Based on the principles of atomic and molecular reaction statics, the possible electronic states and reasonable dissociation limits for the ground state of HCO molecule have been determined. The analytic potential energy function of HCO （X^2A＇） molecule has been derived by using the many-body expansion theory. The contour lines are constructed, which show the static properties of HCO （X^2A＇）, such as the equilibrium structure, the lowest energies, etc. The potential energy surface of HCO （X^2A＇） is reasonable and very satisfactory.

Interatomic Potentials for NiZr Alloys from Experimental and Ab initio Calculations

We applied an approach to the development of many-body interatomic potentials for NiZr alloys,gaining an improved accuracy and reliability.The functional form of the potential is that of the embedded method,but it has been improved as follows. (1) The database used for the development of the potential includes both experimental data and a large set of energies of different structures of the alloys generated by Fab initio calculations. (2) The optimum parametrization of the potential for the given database is obtained by fitting. Using this approach we developed reliable interatomic potentials for Ni and Zr. The potential accurately reproduces basic equilibrium properties of the alloys.

The analytical potential energy function of flue gas SO_2(X^1A_1)

The equilibrium structure of flue gas SO2 is optimized using the density functional theory （DFT）/B3P86 method and CC-PV5Z basis. The result shows that it has a bent （C2v, X1A1） ground state structure with an angle of 119.1184°. The vibronic frequencies and the force constants are also calculated. Based on the principles of atomic and molecular reaction statics （AMIIS）, the possible electronic states and reasonable dissociation limits for the ground state of SO2 molecule are determined. The potential functions of SO and 02 are fitted by the modified Murrell-Sorbie＋c6 （M-S＋c6） potential function and the fitted parameters, the force constants and the spectroscopic constants are obtained, which are all close to the experimental values. The analytic potential energy function of the SO2 （X1A1） molecule is derived using the many-body expansion theory. The contour liues are constructed, which show the static properties of SO2 （XIA1）, such as the equilibrium structure, the lowest energies, the most possible reaction channel, etc.

Many-body Expanded Analytical Potential Energy Function for Ground State PuOH Molecule

Using the density functional method B3LYP with relativistic effective core potential （RECP） for Pu atom, the low-lying excited states （^4Σ^＋, ^6Σ^＋, ^8Σ^＋） for three structures of PuOH molecule were optimized. The results show that the ground state is X^6Σ^＋ of the linear Pu-O-H （C∞v）, its corresponding equilibrium geometry and dissociation energy are RPu-O = 0.20595 nm, RO-H=0.09581 nm and -8.68 eV, respectively. At the same time, two other metastable structures [PuOH （Cs） and H-Pu-O （C∞v）] were found. The analytical potential energy function has also been derived for whole range using the many-body expansion method. This potential energy function represents the considerable topographical features of PuOH molecule in detail, which is adequately accurate in the whole potential surface and can be used for the molecular reaction dynamics research.

A new many-body potential with the second-moment approximation of tight-binding scheme for Hafnium

In this work,we develop a new many-body potential for alpha-hafnium(α-Hf)based on the second moment approximation of tight-binding(TB-SMA)theory by introducing an additional Heaviside step function into the potential model and a new analytical scheme of density function.All the parameters of the new potential have been systematically evaluated by fitting to ground-state properties including cohesive energy,lattice constants,elastic constants,vacancy formation energy,structure stability and equation of state.By using the present model,the melting point,melt heat,thermal expansion coefficient,point defects,and low-index surface energies ofα-Hf were calculated through molecular dynamics simulations.Comparing with experiment observations from others,it is shown that these properties can be reproduced reasonably by the present model,some results being more consistent to the experimental data than those by previous suggested models.This indicates that this work is sutiable in TB-SMA potential for hexagonal close packed metals.

Analytical potential energy function for the ground state(~1A_1) of hydrogen isotopic D_2O molecule

The present work is to construct the potential energy function of isotopic molecules. The so-called molecular potential energy function is the electronic energy function under Born-Oppenheimer approximation,in which the nuclear motions(translational,rotational and vibration motions) are not included,therefore,its nuclear vibration motion and isotopic effect need to be considered. Based on group theory and atomic and molecular reactive statics(AMRS),the reasonable dissociation limits of D2O(1A1)are determined,its equilibrium geometry and dissociation energy are calculated by density-functional theory(DFT) B3lyp,and then,using the many-body expansion method the potential energy function of D2O(1A1) is obtained for the first time. The potential contours are drawn,in which it is found that the reactive channel D + OD→D2O has no threshold energy,so it is a free radical reaction. But the reactive channel O + DD→D2O has a saddle point. The study of collision for D2O(1A1) is under way.

Photoionization Cross Section and Resonance Structure of Mn＋

A photoionization cross section calculation ofMn^＋ is performed in the formalism of many-body perturbation theory for photon energies ranging from 48 eV to 56 eV. We consider excitations from the 3p, 3d, and 4s subshells. The effects of the strong 3p→ 3d and 3p→ 4s transitions are included as resonant contributions to the total cross sections. Good agreement with experiment is found.