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Modifications of Coulombic interactions by polarizable atoms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

B. R. Judd
B. R. Judd
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Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
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The analysis of the interactions between the electrons of different atoms is complicated by many effects. Unless the atoms are free and well separated, account has to be taken of covalency, overlap, exchange, and superexchange. But, although such effects are often important, it is sometimes useful to regard the electrons as being located on separate atoms. Two electrons, labelled 1 and 2, on respective atoms A and B, then interact principally through the Coulomb energy e2/r12. Neighbouring atoms L, M, N, …, which we suppose are spherically symmetric, make their presence felt by acting as polarizable spheres. The electric fields thereby produced modify the simple Coulombic expression for the energy of interaction of the two electrons. It is the purpose of this article to examine such modifications in detail.

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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 80 , Issue 3 , November 1976 , pp. 535 - 539
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1976

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