Secondary Quantization Method with a Non-orthogonal Basis for Calculating the Ground-State Splitting of Mn3+ in LaMnO3
摘要
A method of secondary quantization with a non-orthogonal basis for calculating the electronic structure of paramagnetic fragments in a crystal lattice is described. The method is applicable to fragments of arbitrary symmetry. The main stages of the calculation are illustrated using the example of a LaMnO3 crystal. The splitting of the ground state of the Mn3+ ion is calculated beyond approximation of the axial symmetry of individual Mn3+–O2− pairs. Multicenter integrals within the MnO6 cluster are calculated on the Hartree–Fock wave functions of free ions. An original method of accounting for electrostatic fields from remote lattice ions is used.