The electrical levels of various combinations of transition metal-H-n defec
ts in Si are calculated using spin-polarised local density functional clust
er theory with an empirical correction. The shifts of these levels with H c
an be understood through a displacement and splitting of the gap t(2) manif
old of states due to the impurity. Passive defects are identified. (C) 1999
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