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Research: Science and Education
Application of the WKB Approximation in the Solution of the Schrödinger Equation
Zbigniew L. Gasyna and John C. Light
Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637-1403
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January 2002
Vol. 79 No. 1
p. 133
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A computational experiment is proposed in which the WKB approximation is applied in the solution of the Schrödinger equation. Energy levels of bound states are calculated for a diatomic oscillator for which the potential energy is defined by a simple function, such as the Morse or Lennard-Jones potential.
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 Gasyna, Zbigniew L.; Light, John C. J. Chem. Educ. 2002 79 133.
*  Keywords
 Computational Chemistry; Curriculum; Physical Chemistry; Quantum Chemistry
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