Talk:Configuration interaction

Isn't this article too narrowed/particularized to variational methods? I think the configuration interaction refers in general to take basis functions as linear combinations of slater determinants, but the article as it is written now seems to restrict to some particular variational treatment with a restricted basis set, "variational wavefunction", etc. Can somebody suggest a reference giving a more general treatmet of C-I?

I think the use of the superscript SD here should be changed as it normally does not indicate spin orbitals, but rather configurations that are single and double excitations from the Hartree-Fock reference configuration. What do others think? I am happy to make the changes and also add material about CIS and CISD. Bduke 04:55, 31 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I created this page, but I don't have the time to expand it right now. So go ahead and improve it if you'd like. Be bold! Karol 09:46, 31 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Karol. I have had a go at it. Feel free to correct it. Bduke 01:50, 1 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

units

I'm trying to figure what most of this means from the bottom up, and so I have a question. What are the units (if any) for Ψ? 65.78.17.194 01:44, 9 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ψ doesn't have any units: the value of Ψ² at a point gives the probability of the electron being located at that point, so it doesn't have units either. Ian 07:56, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ψ actually has units of inverse length/area/volume, depending on whether or not you have a 1/2/3 d wavefunction. Ψ² dV gives the probability of a particle being found within a volume dV. Probability is unitless, thus Ψ would have units of 1/L³ in this case. Itamblyn (talk) 21:31, 17 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

history

who first developed this method?is it older than Moller Plsset perturbation theory?221.133.36.14 (talk) 23:27, 10 March 2009 (UTC) lili[reply]

Nuclear Physics

There are at least three major CI codes in nuclear physics (as opposed to atomic physics / quantum chemistry as currently discussed in the article). These include: MFDn, BIGSTICK (formerly REDSTICK), and nushellx. There is a related code called trdens. I'm of a mixed mind about whether this is worth mentioning in the article so I thought I'd post it here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.125.237.151 (talk) 00:11, 4 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]