Molecular structure and the bornโOppenhe
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R.G. Woolley; B.T. Sutcliffe
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Article
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1977
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Elsevier Science
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English
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A discussion is attempted of the validity of the Born-Oppenheimer approximation which is characterized as an asymptotic analysis leading to a semiclassical theory of molecular structure. It is suggested that there are inherent defects in the resulting semiclassical theory which will limit its utilit