Quantum chemistry : classic scientific papers / translated and edited by Hinne Hettema.

Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxviii-xxxix).

Translated from the German.

On the quantum theory of molecules / M. Born and R. Oppenheimer -- On the behaviour of eigenvalues in adiabatic processes / J. von Neumann and E. Wigner -- On the theory of non-adiabatic chemical reactions / F. London -- On the theory of the interaction between electronic and nuclear motion for three-atomic, bar-shaped molecules / R. Renner -- On the ground state of the helium atom / E.A. Hylleraas -- A new calculation of the energy of helium in the ground state as well as the lowest term of ortho-helium / E.A. Hylleraas -- The ionisation potentials of atomic configurations with two electrons / E.A. Hylleraas -- On the ground state term of the two-electron problem of H-, He, Li+, Be++, etc. / E.A. Hylleraas -- Interaction between neutral atoms and homopolar binding according to quantum mechanics / W. Heitler and F. London -- On the quantum theory of homo-polar valence numbers / F. London.

On the electronic terms of the hydrogen molecule / E.A. Hylleraas -- On the interpretation of some appearances in the molecular spectra / F. Hund -- On the interpretation of molecular spectra I / F. Hund -- On radiationless quantum jumps / G. Wentzel -- Lifetimes from resonance phenomena / E. Fues -- On the interpretation of molecular spectra III / F. Hund -- On the interpretation of band spectra II / R. de L. Kronig -- On the structure of the spectra of two-atomic molecules according to quantum mechanics / E. Wigner and E.E. Witmer -- On the structure of multiplet S-states in diatomic molecules I / H.A. Kramers -- On the structure of multiplet S-states in diatomic molecules II / H.A. Kramers -- On the spontaneous decomposition of two-atomic molecules / R. de L. Kronig.

On the ratio of the van der Waals forces and the homo-polar binding forces / R. Eisenschitz and F. London -- On the theory and system of molecular forces / F. London -- On some properties and applications of molecular forces / F. London -- On simple gas reactions / H. Eyring and M. Polanyi -- On the quantum theory of the double bond / E. Hückel.

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Chemical physics is presently a very active field, where theoretical computation and accurate experimentation have led to a host of exciting new results. Among these are the possibility of state-to-state reactive scattering, the insights in non-adiabatic chemistry, and, from the computational perspective, the use of explicitly correlated functions in quantum chemistry. Many of these present-day developments use ideas, derivations and results that were obtained in the very early days of quantum theory, in the 1920s and 1930s. Much of this material is hard to study for readers not familiar with German. This volume presents English translations of some of the most important papers. The choice of material is made with the relevance to present-day researchers in mind. Included are seminal papers by M. Born and J.R. Oppenheimer, J. von Neumann and E. Wigner, E.A. Hylleraas, F. London, F. Hund, H.A. Kramers, R. de L. Kronig and F. Huckel, among others.

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