Model of molecular bonding based on the Bohr-Sommerfeld picture of atoms Academic Article

abstract

• We develop a model of molecular binding based on the Bohr-Sommerfeld description of atoms together with a constraint taken from conventional quantum mechanics. The model can describe the binding energy curves of H2, H3 and other molecules with striking accuracy. Our approach treats electrons as point particles with positions determined by extrema of an algebraic energy function. Our constrained model provides a physically appealing, accurate description of multi-electron chemical bonds. 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

authors

• Chin, Siu
• Scully, Marlan
• Svidzinsky, Anatoly

published proceedings

• PHYSICS LETTERS A

author list (cited authors)

• Svidzinsky, A. A., Chin, S. A., & Scully, M. O.

citation count

• 6

complete list of authors

• Svidzinsky, Anatoly A||Chin, Siu A||Scully, Marian O

publication date

• July 2006

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics  Journal

keywords

• Physics.chem-ph

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.physleta.2006.02.063

start page

• 373

end page

• 377

volume

• 355

issue

• 4-5

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2006.02.063