Electron correlations in a diatomic molecule

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Abstract
The electronic and magnetic correlations in diatomic molecules are studied rigorously on the basis of a Hubbard Hamiltonian. The problem is treated in three phases separately, firstly for electrons with nondegenerate orbitals, then for electrons with degenerate orbitals, and finally for a mixture of both. In this last case special emphasis is put on the interaction between the electrons in the nondegenerate orbital levels with those in the degenerate orbital levels. In this context some qualitative features of how electronic correlations influence the cohesive forces are sketched. We highlight the extent to which various factors such as the total number of electrons in the system, the Pauli principle, Hund's rule, the level splitting, and the relative size of the transfer integrals are influential in determining the ground-state configurations. Some simple physical guidelines are provided for accurately guessing the various possible ground-state configurations.

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