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In extending the many-electron Hamiltonian to a molecule, nuclei must be introduced. This poses serious problems, since nuclear theory is not in as advanced a state as electron theory; although simple models exist to explain nuclear properties, a serious treatment of the topic is beyond the scope of this book. Fortunately, many of the nuclear contributions to the Hamiltonian are much smaller than the corresponding electronic contributions and nuclei can usually be included quite satisfactorily using phenomenological arguments.
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Moss, R.E. (1973). The Molecular Hamiltonian. In: Advanced Molecular Quantum Mechanics. Studies in Chemical Physics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5688-9_10
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