@article{pittir17898, volume = {300}, number = {5-6}, month = {February}, author = {MF Falcetta and KD Jordan}, title = {Ab initio investigation of the temporary anion states of silane and the linear silanes: (Si{\ensuremath{<}}inf{\ensuremath{>}}n{\ensuremath{<}}/inf{\ensuremath{>}}H{\ensuremath{<}}inf{\ensuremath{>}}2n+2{\ensuremath{<}}/inf{\ensuremath{>}}), n=2-5}, journal = {Chemical Physics Letters}, pages = {588 -- 594}, year = {1999}, url = {http://d-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu/17898/}, abstract = {The stabilization method is used in conjunction with Koopmans' theorem to calculate the energies of the unfilled molecular orbitals appropriate for describing the low-lying anion states of the linear silanes, SinH2n+2, with n=1-5. In agreement with earlier studies, the lowest energy unfilled molecular orbital for each member of the n?3 silanes is found to be largely SiH2 {\ensuremath{\sigma}}* in character.} }