Variational Upper and Lower Bounds to Dipole Transition Moments
- 5 October 1970
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 25 (14), 907-909
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.25.907
Abstract
Electric-dipole transition moments are calculated by a variational procedure which gives rigorous upper and lower bounds even though the exact wave functions are unknown. The method is applied to the lowest optical transition () of the hydrogen molecule ion, with satisfactory results.
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