Fisher information for endohedrally confined hydrogen atom

Electron localization and delocalization of endohedrally confined hydrogen atom has been investigated employing Fisher information theory. Confinement has been modeled using a spherical Gaussian-type potential. B-spline bases expansion method was used to solve the Schrodinger equation to obtain the required energy eigenvalues and the corresponding wave functions. Changes in energies with depths of potential are explained using Hellmann-Feynman theorem. The behavior of Fisher information against the confining potential depths and positions are demonstrated. Moreover, our results show that Fisher information is an effective way to measure the localization of valence electrons. (C) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.