TWO-ELECTRON SYSTEM IN THE FIELD OF GENERALIZED SCREENED POTENTIAL

Abstract

Ground states of a two-electron system in generalized screened potential (GSP) with screening parameter λ: [Formula: see text] where ∊ is a constant, have been investigated. Employing highly correlated and extensive wave functions in Ritz's variational principle, we have been able to determine accurate ground state energies and wave functions of a two-electron system for different values of the screening parameter λ and the constant ∊. Convergence of the ground state energies with the increase of the number of terms in the wave function are shown. We also report various geometrical expectation values associated with the system, ground state energies of the corresponding one-electron system and the ionization potentials of the system. Such a calculation for the ground state of a two-electron system in GSP is carried out for first time in the literature.