Home › Forums › density functional theory › the Born-Oppenheimer approximation › BO approximation This topic has 0 replies, 1 voice, and was last updated 2 years, 2 months ago by Arthur Adriaens. Viewing 1 post (of 1 total) Author Posts September 29, 2022 at 9:02 pm #6738 Arthur AdriaensParticipant As said in the video the approximation fails if the nucleuses are required to move, this might be a problem whilst doing calculations on magnetostriction Author Posts Viewing 1 post (of 1 total) You must be logged in to reply to this topic. Log In Username: Password: Keep me signed in Log In