Eur. Phys. J. D (2021) 75: 171
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/s10053-021-00177-6

Regular Article - Atomic Physics

Coulomb correlation and information entropies in confined helium-like atoms

Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal da Bahia, 40170-115, Salvador, BA, Brazil

^a wallassantos@gmail.com

Received: 24 March 2021
Accepted: 12 May 2021
Published online: 8 June 2021

Abstract

The present work studies aspects of the electronic correlation in confined ${\text{H}}^{-}$, He and ${\text{Li}}^{+}$ atoms in their ground states using the informational entropies. In this way, different variational wavefunctions are employed in order of better take account of Coulomb correlation. The obtained values for the $S_r$, $S_p$ and $S_t$ entropies are sensitive in relation to Coulomb correlation effects. In the strong confinement regime, the effects of the Coulomb correlation are negligible and the employment of the models of independent particle and two non-interacting electrons confined by a impenetrable spherical cage gains importance in this regime. Lastly, energy values are obtained in good agreement with the results available in the literature.