ISSN:
0020-7608
Keywords:
Computational Chemistry and Molecular Modeling
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Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
The nodal structure of molecular momentum distributions is studied by considering the simplest case of the ground state of the hydrogen molecular ion. By examining the exact expansion of the H2+ momentum distribution, it is shown that an infinite sequence of nodes does exist along the pz axis (z axis parallel to the bond axis) but not nodal planes perpendicular to the pz axis (as is found for the simplest LCAO function). The nodes are those points where nonplanar nodal surfaces cross the pz axis. It is also shown that molecular systems with more than one electron cannot, in the ground state, have nodal surfaces in their momentum distributions. Implications for the directional Compton profiles J(q) are discussed.
Additional Material:
1 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qua.560250608
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