Abstract
Accurate restricted Hartree-Fock (RHF) wave-functions are used to
investigate information theoretic properties of the model problem of two
interacting electrons confined within an infinite spherical potential of
radius R. Benchmark quality calculations are performed to characterise
this system via a range of information measures as a function of the
tunable parameter R, across the full electron correlation regime (low to
high correlation; small R to large R). Both the Shannon information
entropy and a statistical complexity measure provide quantitative
insight regarding the onset of the formation of a ‘Wigner molecule’
state for this system.