Born potential

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Comparison of Bom-Mayer potential (dashed line) with the Born potential (1/r ) for the repulsive term (Equation 3.6) (solid line) with ro/3 = n. Only the region around r=ro is shown because this is where the difference between the two is the largest. 

That is, a molecule for which the minimum of the Born-Oppenheimer potential energy function corresponds to a... 

A careful analysis of the fundamentals of classical thermodynamics, using the Born-Caratheodory approach. Emphasis on constraints, chemical potentials. Discussion of difficulties with the third law. Few applications. 

A number of improvements to the Bom approximation are possible, including higher order Born approximations (obtained by inserting lower order approximations to i jJ into equation (A3.11.40). then the result into (A3.11.41) and (A3.11.42)), and the distorted wave Bom approximation (obtained by replacing the free particle approximation for the solution to a Sclirodinger equation that includes part of the interaction potential). For chemical physics... 

B2.2.5.8 LIST OF BORN CROSS SECTIONS FOR MODEL POTENTIALS... 

THE CRUDE BORN-OPPENHEIMER ADIABATIC APPROXIMATION OF MOLECULAR POTENTIAL ENERGIES... 

In Chapter IX, Liang et al. present an approach, termed as the crude Bom-Oppenheimer approximation, which is based on the Born-Oppen-heimer approximation but employs the straightforward perturbation method. Within their chapter they develop this approximation to become a practical method for computing potential energy surfaces. They show that to carry out different orders of perturbation, the ability to calculate the matrix elements of the derivatives of the Coulomb interaction with respect to nuclear coordinates is essential. For this purpose, they study a diatomic molecule, and by doing that demonstrate the basic skill to compute the relevant matrix elements for the Gaussian basis sets. Finally, they apply this approach to the H2 molecule and show that the calculated equilibrium position and foree constant fit reasonable well those obtained by other approaches. 

By analogy, ammonium salts should behave as acids in liquid ammonia, since they produce the cation NH4 (the solvo-cation ), and soluble inorganic amides (for example KNHj, ionic) should act as bases. This idea is borne out by experiment ammonium salts in liquid ammonia react with certain metals and hydrogen is given off. The neutralisation of an ionic amide solution by a solution of an ammonium salt in liquid ammonia can be carried out and followed by an indicator or by the change in the potential of an electrode, just like the reaction of sodium hydroxide with hydrochloric acid in water. The only notable difference is that the salt formed in liquid ammonia is usually insoluble and therefore precipitates. 

The first requirement is the definition of a low-dimensional space of reaction coordinates that still captures the essential dynamics of the processes we consider. Motions in the perpendicular null space should have irrelevant detail and equilibrate fast, preferably on a time scale that is separated from the time scale of the essential motions. Motions in the two spaces are separated much like is done in the Born-Oppenheimer approximation. The average influence of the fast motions on the essential degrees of freedom must be taken into account this concerns (i) correlations with positions expressed in a potential of mean force, (ii) correlations with velocities expressed in frictional terms, and iit) an uncorrelated remainder that can be modeled by stochastic terms. Of course, this scheme is the general idea behind the well-known Langevin and Brownian dynamics. 

The quaniity, (R). the sum of the electronic energy computed 111 a wave funciion calculation and the nuclear-nuclear coulomb interaciion .(R.R), constitutes a potential energy surface having 15X independent variables (the coordinates R j. The independent variables are the coordinates of the nuclei but having made the Born-Oppenheimer approximation, we can think of them as the coordinates of the atoms in a molecule. 

The total energy in an Molecular Orbital calculation is the net result of electronic kinetic energies and the interactions between all electrons and atomic cores in the system. This is the potential energy for nuclear motion in the Born-Oppenheimer approximation (see page 32). 

The first basic approximation of quantum chemistry is the Born-Oppenheimer Approximation (also referred to as the clamped-nuclei approximation). The Born-Oppenheimer Approximation is used to define and calculate potential energy surfaces. It uses the heavier mass of nuclei compared with electrons to separate the... 

Since nuclei are much heavier than electrons and move slower, the Born-Oppenheimer Approximation suggests that nuclei are stationary and thus that we can solve for the motion of electrons only. This leads to the concept of an electronic Hamiltonian, describing the motion of electrons in the potential of fixed nuclei. 

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The concept of a potential energy surface has appeared in several chapters. Just to remind you, we make use of the Born-Oppenheimer approximation to separate the total (electron plus nuclear) wavefunction into a nuclear wavefunction and an electronic wavefunction. To calculate the electronic wavefunction, we regard the nuclei as being clamped in position. To calculate the nuclear wavefunction, we have to solve the relevant nuclear Schrddinger equation. The nuclei vibrate in the potential generated by the electrons. Don t confuse the nuclear Schrddinger equation (a quantum-mechanical treatment) with molecular mechanics (a classical treatment). 

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