American Journal of Physics

The Born–Oppenheimer approximation: A toy version

Gautam Gangopadhyay, Binayak Dutta-Roy

Published Feb 12, 2004• 7 citations

Abstract

The Born–Oppenheimer approximation, which is central to the physics and chemistry of molecules and solids, is illustrated by a one-dimensional toy model that is easily solved.

DOI: 10.1119/1.1625927

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