513.001 Molecular and Solid State Physics

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Molecular orbitals of H2

(a) Write down the total Hamiltonian (electrons and nuclei) for an H2 molecule. Explain the significance of the different terms in the Hamiltonian.

(b) What is the Born-Oppenheimer approximation?

(c) What is the molecular orbital Hamiltonian for this case?

(d) How could an approximate solution to the molecular orbital Hamiltonian be found by using a linear combination of atomic orbitals?