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Record W4411577046 · doi:10.1063/5.0270709

Extending the information-theoretic approach from the (one) electron density to the pair density

2025· article· en· W4411577046 on OpenAlexafffund
Yilin Zhao, Dongbo Zhao, Chunying Rong, Shubin Liu, Paul W. Ayers

Bibliographic record

VenueThe Journal of Chemical Physics · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldPhysics and Astronomy
TopicSpectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
Canadian institutionsMcMaster University
FundersNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of CanadaNational Natural Science Foundation of ChinaCanada Research Chairs
KeywordsStatistical physicsMutual informationInformation theoryElectronEntropy (arrow of time)Electron densityJoint entropyFisher informationDensity functional theoryElectron pairInformation diagramConditional mutual informationPhysicsComputer scienceMathematicsPrinciple of maximum entropyQuantum mechanicsBinary entropy functionMaximum entropy thermodynamicsArtificial intelligenceStatisticsMachine learning

Abstract

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Within the framework of chemical reactivity theory, information-theoretic descriptors have predominantly focused on global and local measures, while nonlocal descriptors beyond Shannon entropy remain largely unexplored. By extending the information carrier from the one-electron density to the two-electron distribution function (pair density), this work introduces information-theoretic descriptors rooted in both one-electron and pair densities. This broadens the scope of the information-theoretic approach (ITA) and introduces new types of ITA descriptors, notably the joint, conditional, and mutual ITA quantities. To elucidate the interaction between electron correlation and localization, we compute and analyze a suite of ITA descriptors for one-electron and pair electrons, including the Shannon entropy, Fisher information, and Rényi entropy, for neutral atoms ranging from helium (He) to argon (Ar). The results demonstrate how the pair-density ITA enhances the interpretation of electronic correlations and its connection to spatial localization.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.001
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.005
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Theoretical or conceptual · Consensus signal: Theoretical or conceptual
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: none
Teacher disagreement score0.003
Threshold uncertainty score0.008

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0010.005
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.001
Bibliometrics0.0030.002
Science and technology studies0.0010.003
Scholarly communication0.0020.005
Open science0.0010.002
Research integrity0.0010.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0030.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.009
GPT teacher head0.239
Teacher spread0.229 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designTheoretical or conceptual
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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Citations11
Published2025
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