Abstract
Second-order induction energies arising in the interaction between two hydrogen atoms have been calculated both for two ground-state atoms and for a ground and an excited (2s) state atom. The method employed is a rapidly convergent variational procedure with explicitly two-centre basis functions. The induction energies are very small at large internuclear separations, but they are not completely negligible in the binding regions.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 014 |
Pages (from-to) | 645-649 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of Physics B: Atomic and Molecular Physics |
Volume | 9 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1976 |