Metallic bonding due to correlations: A quantum chemical ab-initio calculation of the cohesive energy of mercury

Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science

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4 pages, 1 figure

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10.1016/j.cplett.2004.06.118

Solid mercury in the rhombohedral structure is unbound within the self-consistent field (Hartree-Fock) approximation. The metallic binding is entirely due to electronic correlations. We determine the cohesive energy of solid mercury within an ab-initio many-body expansion for the correlation part. Electronic correlations in the $5d$ shell contribute about half to the cohesive energy. Relativistic effects are found to be very important. Very good agreement with the experimental value is obtained.

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