Abstract
Explicitly correlated Gaussian geminal wavefunctions of the valence bond type are constructed for the ground electronic state of H2 at 11 different bond lengths between 0.8a 0 and 2.6a 0. The variational potential energy curve is parallel to and about 0.08 cm-1 above the exact one. These wavefunctions are used to calculate multipole moments QL , up to rank 10, as a function of bond length. Rovibrational averages for selected states and thermal averages for selected temperatures are reported. The effects of isotopic substitution are also considered.

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