tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439168179960787195.post1847312342274520605..comments2024-03-28T17:13:01.117+10:00Comments on Condensed concepts: Born-Oppenheimer in nuclear physicsRoss H. McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09950455939572097456noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439168179960787195.post-50162608153260627952012-05-29T09:57:28.441+10:002012-05-29T09:57:28.441+10:00I have discovered that, as a quantum chemist, it i...I have discovered that, as a quantum chemist, it is very useful to look up nuclear physics literature. I subscribe to the TOC alerts from Phys. Rev. C., and find that about once a month there is a discussion in that journal that also directly applies to molecular theory. Moreover, I find that I can often a clearer insight from the nuclear papers because they are not cluttered by all of the "baggage" that one finds in quantum chemistry. The Hill & Wheeler paper is a good example - the method they describe ("Generator Coordinate Method") is essentially the method known as "multiconfigurational self-consistent field" in the chemistry literature. <br /><br />Another good example is the paper that I didn't bring up at the last group meeting. This is a paper by Kvaal on the geometry of effective Hamiltonians*. This paper made several points clear that were not clear after reading many papers from the chemistry literature (almost all of which are cited in the Kvaal paper). <br /><br />Kvaal. "Geometry of Effective Hamiltonians" Phys. Rev. C 2008 vol. 78 (4) p.044330.Seth Olsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09304457461800104790noreply@blogger.com