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Quantum Mechanics of Atoms
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Contents
Index
Interaction between Molecules
Subsections
From microscopic to macroscopic
Introduction
General considerations
Effective Potentials
Electrostatics: multipole expansions
Remark on Dipole-Dipole Interaction
Effective Interaction between Molecules
From Classical to Quantum
The
-Matrix
Two molecules
First oder term: static dipole-dipole interaction
Second oder term: (London) dispersion forces (van-der-Waals forces)
Physical Picture
Derivation from Second Order Term
Matrix Elements
Tobias Brandes 2005-04-26
-Matrix