Spin-dependent terms of the Breit-Pauli Hamiltonian evaluated with explicitly correlated Gaussian basis set for molecular computations

Abstract: This work compiles the spin-dependent leading-order relativistic and quantum electrodynamical corrections to the electronic structure of atoms and molecules within the non-relativistic quantum electrodynamics framework. We report the computation of perturbative corrections using an explicitly correlated Gaussian basis set, which allows high-precision computations for few-electron systems. In addition to numerical tests for triplet Be, triplet H$_2$, and triplet H$_3^+$ states and comparison with no-pair Dirac-Coulomb-Breit Hamiltonian energies, numerical results are reported for electronically excited states of the triplet helium dimer, He$_2$, for which the present implementation delivers high-precision magnetic coupling curves necessary for a quantitative understanding of the fine structure of its high-resolution rovibronic spectrum.