Conical Intersection (IMAGE)
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The Born–Oppenheimer approximation, which assumes separability of nuclear and electronic motion, is widely accepted for characterizing reactions in their ground electronic states, there is general agreement that dynamics can be impacted by excited electronic states near an electronic degeneracy, such as conical intersections (CI), where the electronic and nuclear coordinates are strongly coupled.
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University of New Mexico
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