Exchange kinetic energy, contragradience, and chemical binding

  • C. Woodrow Wilson
  • , William A. Goddard

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Abstract

The energy components of the G1 wavefunction for H2 are carefully analyzed. It is found that the binding is dominated by the exchange part of the kinetic energy and that this term is dominant because of the contragradience of the orbitals in the bond region.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)45-49
Number of pages5
JournalChemical Physics Letters
Volume5
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Feb 1970
Externally publishedYes

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