On the Born-Oppenheimer approximation

In physics and chemistry the Born-Oppenheimer approximation is a very important method for analyzing the spectrum of molecules1). It is based on the important fact that the molecular Schrodinger operator contains one small parameter, the ratio k4 of the electronic to the nuclear mass2). Perturbation theory in this parameter is however very singular.

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