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Quantum chemistry

separating fast electron motion from slow nuclear motion, so the electronic problem is solved with the nuclei held fixed.

In quantum chemistry, Born-Oppenheimer approximation refers to separating fast electron motion from slow nuclear motion, so the electronic problem is solved with the nuclei held fixed. This meaning comes from Born (1927) in Annalen der Physik.[1]

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Born, M., & Oppenheimer, R. (1927). Zur Quantentheorie der Molekeln. Annalen der Physik, 389(20), 457-484. https://doi.org/10.1002/andp.19273892002

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