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July 4, 2026 Chemistry

How much does correlation really cost? The correlation gap in water, measured

The Hartree–Fock post drew its correlation-gap figure schematically. This post runs the actual calculations — RHF marched up a basis-set ladder to its limit, MP2 and CCSD(T) below it — and reports what electron correlation costs, in hartrees, for one bent molecule of water.

#quantum chemistry#Hartree-Fock#electron correlation#basis sets#coupled cluster#psi4
July 1, 2026 Chemistry

Hartree–Fock and the correlation gap: where the orbital energies come from

A water molecular-orbital diagram quotes orbital energies as if they were just there to be read off. This post derives the ground-state machinery — the Hartree–Fock equations, their self-consistent solution, Koopmans' theorem, and the correlation energy that the mean field leaves behind — that actually computes them.

#quantum chemistry#Hartree-Fock#self-consistent field#molecular orbitals#symmetry#electron correlation
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