Abstract
Motivated by the Coulomb-field result that the derivative of the density ρ(r) for an arbitrary number of closed shells is directly proportional to the s-state density ρs(r), we have explored for closed-shell atoms a convolution relation between ρs(r) and ∂ρ/∂r. This relation is most readily expressed in K space, and we thereby establish certain relations between the scattering factors f(K) and fs(K) corresponding to total density and s density, respectively. The method is illustrated by using near-Hartree-Fock accuracy data of Clementi for closed-shell atoms Ne and Ar. For the Hartree-Fock theory, it is shown that at large r, ρs(r)∝r4ρ(r). Use is made in the convolution representation of the electron-nuclear potential energy of the closed-shell atom and the second derivative 2ρ/∂r2 evaluated at the nucleus.