Electron pair density in the lowest 1Σ(u)(+) and 1Σ(g)(+) states of H2.

We demonstrate and advocate the use of observable quantities derived from the two-electron reduced density matrix - pair densities, conditional densities, and exchange-correlation holes--as signatures of the type of electron correlation in a chemical bond. The prototype cases of the lowest (1)Σ(u)(+) and (1)Σ(g)(+) states of H(2), which exhibit large variation in types of bonding, ranging from strongly ionic to covalent, are discussed. Both the excited (1)Σ(g)(+) and (1)Σ(u)(+) states have been interpreted as essentially consisting of (natural) orbital configurations with an inner electron in a contracted 1sσ(g) orbital and an outer electron in a diffuse (united atom type, Rydberg) orbital. We show that nevertheless totally different correlation behavior is encountered in various states when comparing them at a common internuclear distance. Also when following one state along the internuclear distance coordinate, strong variation in correlation behavior is observed, as expected. Switches between ionic to covalent character of a state occur till very large distances (40 bohrs for states approaching the 1s3[script-l] asymptotic limit, and 282 bohrs for states approaching the 1s4[script-l] limit).

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