Colby College
Slater Type Orbitals
A bond is a small perturbation on an atom.
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Use simpler wavefunctions that have appropriate large r behavior. Bond formation
involves overlap of atomic orbitals at large r.
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Slater Type Orbitals, STO
Ψ
nlm
(r) = N Y
lm
(
θ
,
φ
) r
(n-1)
e
-Z
eff
r
/
n a
o
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