On the Born-Oppenheimer expansion for polyatomic molecules (Q1189205)

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    On the Born-Oppenheimer expansion for polyatomic molecules
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 54731

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      On the Born-Oppenheimer expansion for polyatomic molecules (English)
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      26 September 1992
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      The Schrödinger operator \(P(h)\) for a polyatomic molecule with Coulomb interactions is discussed in the limit where the mass ratio \(h^ 2\) of electronic to nuclear mass tends to zero. Asymptotic expansions of eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of \(P(h)\) are obtained to all orders in \(h\). This justifies the Born-Oppenheimer expansion: \textit{M. Born} and \textit{R. Oppenheimer} [Annal. Phys. 84, 457 ff. (1927)] in the physically relevant case.
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      polyatomic molecule
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      asymptotic expansions
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      Born-Oppenheimer expansion
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