A study of the electron structure of endohedrally confined atoms using a model potential

EM Nascimento, FV Prudente… - Journal of Physics B …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
A novel model potential for modelling the environment of atoms and molecules inside
fullerenes is proposed. The model takes into consideration that the electrons of the guest …

Numerical generation of optimized discrete variable representations

JJ Soares Neto, LS Costa - Brazilian journal of physics, 1998 - SciELO Brasil
We develop a procedure for calculating an optimized Discrete Variable Representation
(DVR) optimized for a given potential. The method leads to an efficient and compact way to …

A study of the confined hydrogen atom using the finite element method

MN Guimarães, FV Prudente - Journal of Physics B: Atomic …, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
The hydrogen atom confined by an infinite spherical potential barrier is studied employing a
variational procedure based on the p-version of the finite element method. In such a …

Correlation function quantum Monte Carlo studies of rovibrational excited states in molecules

FV Prudente, LS Costa, PH Acioli - Journal of Physics B: Atomic …, 2000 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper we review the correlation function quantum Monte Carlo (CFQMC) method. We
describe the functional forms and the optimization of trial basis functions used to treat the …

Discrete variable representation and negative imaginary potential to study metastable states and photodissociation processes. Application to diatomic and triatomic …

FV Prudente, LS Costa, JJS Neto - Journal of Molecular Structure …, 1997 - Elsevier
Photodissociation cross-sections and resonant energies and lifetimes of metastable states
are calculated in this paper. We have utilized the numerically optimized discrete variable …

Benchmark Kantorovich calculations for three particles on a line

O Chuluunbaatar, AA Gusev… - Journal of Physics B …, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
A Kantorovich approach is used to solve for the eigenvalue and the scattering properties
associated with a multi-dimensional Schrödinger equation. It is developed within the …

Optimized mesh for the finite-element method using a quantum-mechanical procedure

FV Prudente, JJS Neto - Chemical physics letters, 1999 - Elsevier
A quantum-mechanical procedure to define a mesh for the p-version of the finite-element
method is proposed and utilized to calculate eigenvalues for three representative one …

Quantum scattering using a novel implementation based on the variational R matrix formalism and the finite element method: a comparative study

FV Prudente, JJS Neto - Chemical physics letters, 1999 - Elsevier
We developed a finite element implementation of the variational R matrix formalism to study
quantum scattering problems. That methodology utilizes a novel algorithm to invert matrices …

A variational adiabatic hyperspherical finite element R matrix methodology: general formalism and application to H + H2 reaction

MN Guimarães, FV Prudente - The European Physical Journal D, 2011 - Springer
The aim of this paper is to present an efficient numerical procedure for the theoretical study
of bimolecular reactions. It is based on the R matrix variational formalism and the p-version …

A quantum Monte Carlo study of vibrational states of planar acetylene

PH Acioli, JJS Neto - Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM, 1999 - Elsevier
This article reports the results of correlated function quantum Monte Carlo (CFQMC)
calculations of the vibrational excited states of triatomic molecules, H2O, H3+ and HCN, and …