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18.1.2 B86MGC: X ${\alpha \beta \gamma }$ with Modified Gradient Correction

A. D. Becke, J. Chem. Phys. 85, 7184 (1986)

B86 with modified gradient correction for large density gradients.


\begin{displaymath}
K=
\sum_s
-c\rho_{s}^{4/3}-{\frac {\beta \chi_{s}^
{2}\rho_{s}^{4/3}}{\left (1+\lambda \chi_{s}
^{2}\right )^{4/5}}}
,\end{displaymath} (10)

where
\begin{displaymath}
c=\frac{3}{2}\left (\frac{3}{4\pi}\right )^{1/3}
,\end{displaymath} (11)


\begin{displaymath}
\beta= 0.00375
\end{displaymath} (12)

and
\begin{displaymath}
\lambda= 0.007
.\end{displaymath} (13)



P.J. Knowles and H.-J. Werner
molpro@tc.bham.ac.uk
Jan 15, 2002