Born-Oppenheimer Corrections Near a Renner-Teller Crossing

We perform a rigorous mathematical analysis of the bending modes of a linear triatomic molecule that exhibits the Renner-Teller effect. Assuming the potentials are smooth, we prove that the wave functions and energy levels have asymptotic expansions in powers of ε, where ε4 is the ratio of an elec...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Herman, Mark Steven
Other Authors: Mathematics
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/28200
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07032008-115546/