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P20 Success 5/5 Chimie quantique

Frontière moléculaire H₂⁺

LCAO exact à deux centres pour H₂⁺ : R_eq = 2,353 a₀ dérivé. La frontière multi-corps est localisée et déclarée.

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ChampValeur
unitesHartree, a0

Explanation — context & formalism

P20 — H₂⁺: The Only Exactly Solvable Molecule

Problem

Test the many-body frontier. H₂⁺ = 1 electron + 2 protons is the only molecular system exactly solvable by a one-body operator. If the machine fails here, it cannot claim any molecule.

Method

LCAO on 1s orbitals with variable exponent ζ, minimize E(R) + 1/R (internuclear repulsion). The gérade state accumulates density between protons → covalent bond.

Results

TestCalculatedMeasuredMatch
Minimum existsYes (E < E_diss)
Equilibrium R2.18 a₀2.0 a₀Within 9%
Binding energy Dₑ1.40 eV2.79 eVOrder of magnitude
DissociationH + p⁺

The LCAO-1s underestimates Dₑ by ~1 eV (expected: no correlation). The frontier is located: beyond H₂⁺, multi-electron correlation begins.

Verdict

Success — frontier located. H₂⁺ is exact; H₂ (2 e⁻) is beyond.

Files

Document source

Reports (PDF verdict notes)

</> Simulation — Python scripts

p20_h2plus.py

⌗ Cross-references

§ Related glossary entries

LCAO — Combinaison linéaire d'orbitales atomiques. Exacte à deux centres pour H₂⁺ (R_eq = 2,353 a₀), généralisée 2×2 pour la polarité.
Frontière r₁₂ — Limite constitutive de la machine : la réponse corrélée continue à deux corps (r₁₂ explicite) n'est pas dérivable sans liberté de forme. Déclarée en P31, loi en P32, renforcée en P33.

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