Home Forums density functional theory the Born-Oppenheimer approximation Situation where the Born-Oppenheimer approximation may not be valid

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    At high temperatures, when the equipartition theorem is valid or is approximately valid, the kinetic energies of the nuclei and the electrons should become comparable.

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