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Hypervirial theorem and the scaling problem

Journal Article · · Int. J. Quant. Chem.; (United States)
It is shown that wave functions obtained by a limited number of off-diagonal hypervirial relations are often out of scale. Optimum scaling of these functions so as to satisfy the virial theorem gives highly improved wave functions and expectation values. The harmonic oscillator problem is treated as an example.
Research Organization:
McGill Univ., Montreal
OSTI ID:
7227575
Journal Information:
Int. J. Quant. Chem.; (United States), Journal Name: Int. J. Quant. Chem.; (United States) Vol. 10:6; ISSN IJQCB
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English