The Normal State of the Hydrogen Molecule
<p>A simple wave function for the normal state of the hydrogen molecule, taking into account both the atomic and ionic configurations, was set up and treated by a variational method. The dissociation energy was found to be 4.00 v.e. as compared to the experimental value of 4.68 v.e. and R...
| Summary: | <p>A simple wave function for the normal state of the
hydrogen molecule, taking into account both the atomic
and ionic configurations, was set up and treated by a
variational method. The dissociation energy was found
to be 4.00 v.e. as compared to the experimental value
of 4.68 v.e. and Rosen's value of 4.02 v.e. obtained
by use of a function involving complicated integrals.
It was found that the atomic function occurs with a
factor 3.9 times that of the ionic function.</p>
<p>A similar function with different screening constants
for the atomic and ionic parts was also tried. It
was found that the best results are obtained v1hen these
screening constants are equal.</p>
<p>The addition of Rosen's term to the atomic-ionic
function resulted in a value of 4.10 v.e. for the dissociation
energy.</p> |
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