self-consistent field approximation

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• Multi-configurational self-consistent field — Electronic structure methods Tight binding Nearly free electron model Hartree–Fock method Modern valence bond Generalized valence bond Møller–Plesset perturbation theory …   Wikipedia

• Self-consistent mean field (biology) — The self consistent mean field (SCMF) method is an adaptation of mean field theory used in protein structure prediction to determine the optimal amino acid side chain packing given a fixed protein backboneref|Koehl. It is faster but less accurate …   Wikipedia

• Polymer field theory — A polymer field theory within the framework of statistical mechanics is a statistical field theory, describing the statistical behavior of a neutral or charged polymer system within the field theoretic approach.It can be derived by transforming… …   Wikipedia

• Mean field theory — (MFT, also known as self consistent field theory) is a method to analyse physical systems with multiple bodies. A many body system with interactions is generally very difficult to solve exactly, except for extremely simple cases (random field… …   Wikipedia

• Muffin-tin approximation — Electronic structure methods Tight binding Nearly free electron model Hartree–Fock method Modern valence bond Generalized valence bond Møller–Plesset perturbation theory …   Wikipedia

• Model solid approximation — Electronic structure methods Tight binding Nearly free electron model Hartree–Fock method Modern valence bond Generalized valence bond Møller–Plesset perturbation theory …   Wikipedia

• Random phase approximation — (RPA) is one of the most often used methods for describing the dynamic electronic response of systems. In RPA, electrons are assumed to respond only to the total electric potential V (r) which is the sum of the external perturbing potential V… …   Wikipedia

• Earth's magnetic field — Computer simulation of the Earth s field in a normal period between reversals.[1] The tubes represent magnetic field lines, blue when the field points towards the center and yellow when away. The rotation axis of the Earth is centered and… …   Wikipedia

• Discrete dipole approximation — In discrete dipole approximation larger object is approximated in terms of discrete dipoles The discrete dipole approximation (DDA) is a method for computing scattering of radiation by particles of arbitrary shape and by periodic structures.… …   Wikipedia

• Scalar field theory — In theoretical physics, scalar field theory can refer to a classical or quantum theory of scalar fields. A field which is invariant under any Lorentz transformation is called a scalar , in contrast to a vector or tensor field. The quanta of the… …   Wikipedia

• Hartree, Douglas R(ayner) — born March 27, 1897, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Eng. died Feb. 12, 1958, Cambridge English physicist, mathematician, and computer pioneer. At Manchester University in the mid 1930s he built a mechanical computer for solving differential equations …   Universalium