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  2. Radial distribution function - Wikipedia

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    In statistical mechanics, the radial distribution function, (or pair correlation function) in a system of particles (atoms, molecules, colloids, etc.), describes how density varies as a function of distance from a reference particle. If a given particle is taken to be at the origin O, and if is the average number density of particles, then the ...

  3. Atomic orbital - Wikipedia

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    To see the elongated shape of ψ (x, y, z)2 functions that show probability density more directly, see pictures of d-orbitals below. In quantum mechanics, an atomic orbital (/ ˈɔːrbɪtəl /) is a function describing the location and wave-like behavior of an electron in an atom. [1] This function describes an electron's charge distribution ...

  4. Wave function - Wikipedia

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    For the general case of N particles with spin in 3d, if Ψ is interpreted as a probability amplitude, the probability density is (,,) = | (,,) | and the probability that particle 1 is in region R 1 with spin s z 1 = m 1 and particle 2 is in region R 2 with spin s z 2 = m 2 etc. at time t is the integral of the probability density over these ...

  5. Effective nuclear charge - Wikipedia

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    Description. The effective atomic number Z eff, (sometimes referred to as the effective nuclear charge) of an atom is the number of protons that an electron in the element effectively 'sees' due to screening by inner-shell electrons. It is a measure of the electrostatic interaction between the negatively charged electrons and positively charged ...

  6. Slater's rules - Wikipedia

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    An example provided in Slater's original paper is for the iron atom which has nuclear charge 26 and electronic configuration 1s 2 2s 2 2p 6 3s 2 3p 6 3d 6 4s 2.The screening constant, and subsequently the shielded (or effective) nuclear charge for each electron is deduced as: [1]

  7. Bohr radius - Wikipedia

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    In Schrödinger's quantum-mechanical theory of the hydrogen atom, the Bohr radius is the value of the radial coordinate for which the radial probability density of the electron position is highest. The expected value of the radial distance of the electron, by contrast, is ⁠ 3 2 a 0 {\displaystyle {\tfrac {3}{2}}a_{0}} ⁠ .

  8. Electron density - Wikipedia

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    Electron density or electronic density is the measure of the probability of an electron being present at an infinitesimal element of space surrounding any given point. It is a scalar quantity depending upon three spatial variables and is typically denoted as either or . The density is determined, through definition, by the normalised -electron ...

  9. Basis set (chemistry) - Wikipedia

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    To understand how to get the number of functions, consider the cc-pVDZ basis set for H: There are two s (L = 0) orbitals and one p (L = 1) orbital that has 3 components along the z-axis (m L = −1,0,1) corresponding to p x, p y and p z. Thus, there are five spatial orbitals in total. Note that each orbital can hold two electrons of opposite spin.