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Title: Non-adiabaticity corrections to the Born-Oppenheimer approximation with calculations for mesic and electronic hydrogen molecular ions

Abstract

For generalized hydrogen molecular ions the adiabatic approximation is excellent if ε/4, the ratio of the mass m 3 of the binding particle to the total mass, is small.

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  1. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
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Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
OSTI Identifier:
4282138
Report Number(s):
ORNL-TM-1850
NSA Number:
NSA-21-037101
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-26
Resource Type:
Thesis/Dissertation
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Thesis. Submitted by M. R. Patterson to Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville. UNCL. Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-67
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; BINDING ENERGY; BORN-OPPENHEIMER APPROXIMATION; DEUTERIUM; ENERGY LEVELS; HYDROGEN; IONS; MESIC MOLECULES; MESONS; MOLECULES; TRITIUM

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Patterson, M. R., and Becker, R. L. Non-adiabaticity corrections to the Born-Oppenheimer approximation with calculations for mesic and electronic hydrogen molecular ions. United States: N. p., 1967. Web. doi:10.2172/4282138.
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Patterson, M. R., & Becker, R. L. Non-adiabaticity corrections to the Born-Oppenheimer approximation with calculations for mesic and electronic hydrogen molecular ions. United States. doi:10.2172/4282138.
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Patterson, M. R., and Becker, R. L. Tue . "Non-adiabaticity corrections to the Born-Oppenheimer approximation with calculations for mesic and electronic hydrogen molecular ions". United States. doi:10.2172/4282138. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/4282138.
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@article{osti_4282138,
title = {Non-adiabaticity corrections to the Born-Oppenheimer approximation with calculations for mesic and electronic hydrogen molecular ions},
author = {Patterson, M. R. and Becker, R. L.},
abstractNote = {For generalized hydrogen molecular ions the adiabatic approximation is excellent if ε/4, the ratio of the mass m3 of the binding particle to the total mass, is small.},
doi = {10.2172/4282138},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1967},
month = {Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1967}
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