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The OCEAN Project

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Author(s)

Eric L. Shirley, John T. Vinson, Keith Gilmore

Abstract

This chapter presents a high-level description of a suite of programs denoted by the acronym OCEAN (Obtaining Core Excitation spectra ab initio and with NBSE), where NBSE denotes the underlying NIST Bethe-Salpeter Equation program. The main computational steps, physical approximations made and overall scope of the required user input are discussed. Several examples of calculation results are presented for a variety of systems. We also discuss future improvements and extensions that are being considered at this time, and discuss how to access the program and its extensive documentation.
Citation
International Tables for Crystallography: Volume I, X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy and Related Techniques
Publisher Info
International Union of Crystallography, Chester,
Pub Type
Book Chapters

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https://doi.org/10.1107/S157487072000333X
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Keywords

Bethe-Salpeter equation, core excitation, near-edge, non-resonant inelastic x-ray scattering, OCEAN, resonant inelastic x-ray scattering, x-ray absorption
Materials and Condensed matter

Citation

, E. , Vinson, J. and Gilmore, K. (2021), The OCEAN Project, International Tables for Crystallography: Volume I, X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy and Related Techniques, International Union of Crystallography, Chester, , [online], https://doi.org/10.1107/S157487072000333X, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=921289 (Accessed October 9, 2025)

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Created March 10, 2021, Updated April 6, 2021
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