Abstract
In this work we report very accurate variational calculations of the complete pure vibrational spectrum of the D2 molecule performed within the framework where the Born-Oppenheimer (BO) approximation is not assumed. After the elimination of the center-of-mass motion, D2 becomes a three-particle problem in this framework. As the considered states correspond to the zero total angular momentum, their wave functions are expanded in terms of all-particle, one-center, spherically symmetric explicitly correlated Gaussian functions multiplied by even non-negative powers of the internuclear distance. The nonrelativistic energies of the states obtained in the non-BO calculations are corrected for the relativistic effects of the order of 2 (where 1c is the fine structure constant) calculated as expectation values of the operators representing these effects.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 074110 |
| Journal | Journal of Chemical Physics |
| Volume | 135 |
| Issue number | 7 |
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| Publication status | Published - Aug 21 2011 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Funding
We also acknowledge partial support of this work by the grant from the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education No. N202 041 32/1045. We are grateful to the University of Arizona Research Computing Services for providing computer resources for this work.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Physics and Astronomy
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry