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XXXVII.—The Van der Waals Force between a Proton and a Hydrogen Atom. II. Excited States

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 February 2012

C. A. Coulson  and
C. M. Gillam
C. A. Coulson
Affiliation:
King's College, London
C. M. Gillam
Affiliation:
University College, Dundee
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Summary

The interaction energy, or Van der Waals force, between a proton and a hydrogen atom in any one of its allowed quantum states is calculated in terms of the internuclear distance R by an expansion of the form

All the coefficients up to and including E5 are obtained in closed form. For values of R for which the expansion is valid, the coefficients are determined absolutely, no approximations being introduced.

Type
Research Article
Information
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 62 , Issue 3 , 1948 , pp. 360 - 368
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1946

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