arc.calculations_atom_pairstate.PairStateInteractions.getLeRoyRadius#

PairStateInteractions.getLeRoyRadius()[source]#

Returns Le Roy radius for initial pair-state.

Le Roy radius [1] is defined as \(2(\langle r_1^2 \rangle^{1/2} + \langle r_2^2 \rangle^{1/2})\), where \(r_1\) and \(r_2\) are electron coordinates for the first and the second atom in the initial pair-state. Below this radius, calculations are not valid since electron wavefunctions start to overlap.

Returns:

LeRoy radius measured in \(\mu m\)

Return type:

float

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