New Approach for the Electronic Energies of the Hydrogen Molecular Ion
Abstract
Herein, we present analytical solutions for the electronic energy eigenvalues of the hydrogen molecular ion H2+, namely the one-electron two-fixed-center problem. These are given for the homonuclear case for the countable infinity of discrete states when the magnetic quantum number m is zero. In this case, these solutions are the roots of a set of two coupled three-term recurrence relations. The eigensolutions are obtained from an application of EXPERIMENTAL MATHEMATICS using Computer Algebra as its principal tool and are vindicated by numerical and algebraic demonstrations. Finally, the mathematical nature of the eigenenergies is identified. The eigenenergies are related to a generalization of the Lambert W function.
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@article{arxiv.physics/0607081,
title = {New Approach for the Electronic Energies of the Hydrogen Molecular Ion},
author = {Tony C. Scott and Monique Aubert-Frecon and Johannes Grotendorst},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0607081},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
This is an analytical breakthrough for a special case of the quantum 3-body problem. The results have been published in Chem. Phys. and an internal report at the Forschungszentrum Juelich (Germany). (see references)