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Nov 1, 2015 · From this, it implies that orthogonality is a relationship between 2 wavefunctions and a single wavefunction itself can not be labelled as 'orthogonal'. They must be orthogonal with respect to some other wavefunction. However I have seen some textbooks refer to single wavefunctions as being orthogonal. Am I missing some crucial thing in my definition of …

Nov 21, 2024 · During my study of atomic orbitals I found myself asking this question alot but I never received a satisfactory response. I have observed that except for p orbitals the subscripts of orbitals repre...

Dec 10, 2024 · I am studying computational photochemistry and I am confused about some steps. I would appreciate any help someone could offer. I was asked to perform geometry optimization for excited states. Howe...

Using Born-Oppenheimer approximation, we separate the nuclear and electronic parts of the wavefunction, and treat them separately. We include the terms that have direct dependence on the electronic

Sep 25, 2018 · This is kind of more on the mathematics side of quantum chemistry, but I can't quite figure out why the Lowdin Orthogonalization is called a basis set change. I get how it works from the perspectiv...

Quantum chemistry is a subfield of quantum mechanics. Like its parent field, quantum chemistry focuses on understanding physical phenomena occuring at the atomic scale.

Oct 18, 2016 · In quantum chemistry, probably the easiest way to understand the "exchange interaction" is within the context of the Hartree-Fock model.

Oct 24, 2018 · In quantum chemistry, the multireference configuration interaction (MRCI) method consists of a configuration interaction expansion of the eigenstates of the electronic molecular Hamiltonian in a set of Slater determinants which correspond to excitations of the ground state electronic configuration but also of some excited states.

Nov 7, 2015 · Pilar offers this explanation in his book Elementary Quantum Chemistry (paraphrased): ψa and ψb are orthogonal so the function f(r ) = ψa(r )ψb(r ) must have positive and negative regions with equal volume.