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Table I. Computed and observed electron affinities (eV) of first and second-row atoms.

SCF limit

CCSD(T) valence

Inner-shell

Spin-orbit

Scalar relativ.

FCI correction

Best calculated

Experimental

A+B.C-n

correlation limit

correlation

coupling

effects

for CCSD(T)

electron affinity

elec. affin. [b]

A+B/l3 [a]

CCSD(T)/MTav5z

MRCI/Mtav5z

ACPF/MTavqz

imperfections

(This work)

H

-0.32877

1.08297

0.00000

0.00000

-0.00004

0.00000

0.75416

0.7542(2)

B

-0.26754

0.52465

0.00427

-0.00060

-0.00127

0.01907

0.27858

0.27972(3) [c]

C

0.54826

0.70047

0.00720

-0.00332

-0.00283

0.01309

1.26288

1.2629(3)

N

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

O

-0.53902

1.99391

0.00173

-0.00222

-0.00588

0.01223

1.46075

1.461122(3)

F

1.30727

2.11864

0.00430

-0.01652

-0.00928

0.00056

3.40496

3.401190(4)

Al

0.04101

0.40219

-0.01617

-0.00385

-0.00536

0.01497

0.43277

0.43283(5) [d]

Si

0.95579

0.46046

-0.00965

-0.01806

-0.00787

0.00992

1.39060

1.38946(6) [e]

P

-0.45732

1.19312

-0.00521

0.01229

-0.00937

0.01124

0.74474

0.7465(3)

S

0.90392

1.18504

-0.00161

-0.00410

-0.01223

0.00441

2.07544

2.077104(1)

Cl

2.52998

1.13504

0.00085

-0.03657

-0.01509

-0.00309

3.61113

3.61269(6)

Recently calculated values dating back to 1995

G3 theory

Ref. f

Ref. g

Ref. h

Ref. i

Ref. j

Ref. k

Ref. l

H

0.7542

0.747

0.637

B

0.204

0.2833

0.241

0.2038

0.282

0.260

0.279

0.2795

C

1.193

1.2655

1.259

1.1925

1.220

1.210

N

O

1.336

1.4540

1.432

1.3356

1.292

F

3.400

3.3980

3.395

3.3997

2.180

Al

0.390

0.433

0.3903

0.450

0.433

0.427

Si

1.379

1.405

1.3790

1.372

P

0.711

0.714

0.7112

0.748

0.702

S

2.064

2.059

2.0641

1.996

Cl

3.608

3.623

3.6079

3.332

a) For the largest atoms, P, S, and Cl, the bases were doubly augmented, i.e. the daug-ccpVnZ rather than the aug-ccpVnZ series was used.

b) Unless otherwise indicated, experimental values are those from CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 78th Edition (CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 1997).

c) M. Scheer, R. C. Bilodeau, and H K Haugen, Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2562 (1998).

d) M. Scheer, R.C. Bilodeau, J. Thogersen, and H.K. Haugen, Phys. Rev. A 57, 1493 (1998).

e) J. Thogersen, L.D. Steele, M. Scheer, C.A. Brodie, and H.K. Haugen, J. of Phys. B 29, 1323 (1996).

f) R. J. Gdanitz, J. Chem. Phys. 110, 706 (1999).

g) G. L. Gutsev, P. Jena, and R. J. Bartlett, Chem. Phys. Lett. 291, 547 (1998).

h) C. Guo-xin, P. P. Ong, and L. Ting, Chem. Phys. Lett. 290, 211 (1998).

i) W. P. Wijesundera and F. A. Parpia, Phys. Rev. A 57, 3462 (1998).

j) W. P. Wijesundera, Phys. Rev. A 55, 1785 (1997).

k) E. Eliav, Y. Ishikawa, P. Pyykkö, and U. Kaldor, Phys. Rev. A 56, 4532 (1997).

l) C. Froese Fischer, A. Ynnerman, and G. Gaigalas, Phys. Rev. A 51, 4611 (1995).