# Hartree-Fock method

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## Area of ​​Expertise - Quantum physics

The Hartree-Fock method is a general method for the approximate solution of the electronic Schrödinger equation of multiple electron systems (atoms, molecules) in the non-degenerate ground state or in certain excited states.

The Schrödinger equation for a two-electron system is

$[H¯(1,2)+V(1,2)]ψ=E.ψ,$

because of the disturbance $V(1,2)$ cannot be solved exactly.

$H¯(1,2)=$Hamilton operator of electrons $1$ and $2$,$V(1,2)=$ Operator of the potential repulsion energy of the electrons,$ψ=$ Wave function, $E.=$ Total energy

Will the repulsive energy $V(1,2)$ neglecting the electrons, the product formulation results $ψ=ψ(1)ψ(2)$ with $E.=E.(1)+E.(2)$ and $H¯=H¯(1)+H¯(2)$ the one-electron solutions $ψ0(1)$ and $ψ0(2)$. With the one-electron solution $ψ0(1)$ becomes a so-called effective potential

$Veff(1)=∫Vψ0(2)V¯(1,2)ψ0(2)dV$

for electron $1$ calculated, with which a new one-electron function can be determined:

$[H¯(1)+Veff(1)]ψ(1)=E.(1)ψ(1).$

With this one-electron approximation, a new effective potential and, from this, another one-electron approximation is obtained. Through continued recursion, new effective potentials and electron approximations are determined until the effective potentials no longer converge (self-consistency).

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