A STATISTICAL THEORY OF THE HYDROGEN MOLECULE-ION

Abstract

A version of statistical theory is applied to the hydrogen molecule- ion, with good results for the electronic energies of the lowest attractive and repulsive states. For the former, a binding energy of 0.085 a.u. is obtained with an inter nuclear distance of 2.10 a.u., to be compared with 0.103 a.u. and 2.00 a.u. obtarom the exact solution of Schroedinger's equations. The method employed involves the use of hydrogen atomic orbitals, although when the latter refer to unbound states they are approximated by plane waves.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 15, 1963
Accession Number
AD0419105

Entities

People

  • Judith G. Chernin
  • Sidney Golden

Organizations

  • Brandeis University

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  • Air Platforms
  • Counter WMD
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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atoms
  • Chemistry
  • Contracts
  • Eigenvectors
  • Electron Density
  • Electrons
  • Energy
  • Equations
  • Government Procurement
  • Ground State
  • Integrals
  • Military Research
  • Molecular Physics
  • New York
  • Physics
  • Quantum Numbers
  • Wave Functions

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  • Physics

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