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The Multiconfigurational (MC) Self-Consistent Field (SCF) Theory

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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Chemistry ((LNC,volume 58))

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The molecular orbital (MO) is the most fundamental quantity in contemporary quantum chemistry. Almost all of our understanding of “what the electrons are doing in molecules” is based on the molecular orbital concept. Also most of the computational methods used today start by a calculation of the MO’s of the system.

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Roos, B.O. (1992). The Multiconfigurational (MC) Self-Consistent Field (SCF) Theory. In: Roos, B.O. (eds) Lecture Notes in Quantum Chemistry. Lecture Notes in Chemistry, vol 58. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-58150-2_4

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