Generator-coordinate theory of molecular spectra
- 1 November 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 18 (5), 2150-2158
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.18.2150
Abstract
We review the merits and shortcomings of the Born-Oppenheimer separation and suggest a nonadiabatic approach to molecular spectra using the generator-coordinate method. The adiabatic approximation and the new scheme are worked out in parallel for diatomic molecules.Keywords
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