The Normal State of the Hydrogen Molecule

Abstract

The dissociation energy, moment of inertia, and fundamental vibration frequency are calculated for a normal hydrogen molecule by a variational method and are found to be 4.02 v, 4,66·${10}^{-41\mathrm{}}$ gm-${\mathrm{cm}}^2$, and 4260 ${\mathrm{cm}}^{-1\mathrm{}}$ as compared to the experimental values 4.42, 4.67·${10}^{-41\mathrm{}}$, and 4380, respectively. The calculation is carried through with the simplest possible improvements in the wave functions. In the appendix a number of integrals are listed and two tables of functions are included that may be useful to calculators.