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A remark on the Born–Oppenheimer approximation
Author(s) -
Seiler Rudolf
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
international journal of quantum chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.484
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1097-461X
pISSN - 0020-7608
DOI - 10.1002/qua.560030106
Subject(s) - born–oppenheimer approximation , wave function , simple (philosophy) , sketch , physics , function (biology) , born approximation , mathematical physics , electron , quantum mechanics , statistical physics , mathematics , molecule , algorithm , philosophy , epistemology , evolutionary biology , biology
The method of calculating wave functions for an electron‐nucleon system by a variational method originally suggested by Born and Oppenheimer [1] is rigorously investigated. As an application we sketch the calculation of a simple nonadiabatic wave function for the system.
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