(a) Explain why the permanent dipole moment of a many-electron atom in a stationary state is always...

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(a) Explain why the permanent dipole moment of a many-electron atom in a stationary state is always zero.
(b) Explain why the permanent electric dipole moment of H can be nonzero for certain excited states.
(c) Show qualitatively that two of the four correct zeroth-order functions of Prob. 9.23 give nonzero permanent dipole moments.
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Quantum Chemistry

ISBN: 978-0321803450

7th edition

Authors: Ira N. Levine

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