End states and singlet–triplet degeneracy in linear atomic chains

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• 作者：Antonio Monari ; Valentina Vetere ; Gian Luigi Bendazzoli ; Stefano Evangelisti ; Beate Paulus
• 刊名：Chemical Physics Letters
• 出版年：2008
• 出版时间：3 November 2008
• 年：2008
• 卷：465
• 期：1-3
• 页码：102-105
• 全文大小：271 K

文摘

The electronic structure of linear Beryllium chains has been theoretically studied by using ab initio methods. It turns out that, for internuclear distances close to the equilibrium structure, two partially filled edge orbitals (‘end states’) localize at the chain ends. This gives rise to two low-lying states, a singlet ground state, ¹Σ_g1Σg, and a quasi-degenerate triplet, ³Σ_u. The energy splitting goes rapidly to zero as the number of atoms in the chain is increased. Preliminary investigations indicate that this could be a general behavior shared by the metals belonging to the Groups 2 and 12.