ABC26PH0141 · Quantum Chemistry

Subject: Physical Chemistry · Chapter: Quantum Chemistry · Topic: Variation Method · Exam: CSIR-NET 2012 · Marks: 2 · Difficulty: Medium

The trial wave function of a system is expanded as $\psi_{t}=c_{1} \phi_{1}+c_{2} \phi_{2}$. The matrix elements of the Hamiltonian are $\left\langle\phi_{1}\right| \widehat{H}\left|\phi_{1}\right\rangle=0 ;\left\langle\phi_{1}\right| \widehat{H}\left|\phi_{2}\right\rangle=2.0=\left\langle\phi_{2}\right| \widehat{H}\left|\phi_{1}\right\rangle$ and $\left\langle\phi_{2}\right| \widehat{H}\left|\phi_{2}\right\rangle=3.0$. The approximate ground-state energy of the system from the linear variational principle is
(a)-1.0
(b)-2.0
(c)+4.0
(d)+5.0
Answer
Answer (as printed): A
Explanation
No explanation was printed for this question.

Open in whiteboard · Browse this chapter in the app