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← ScienceWhich effect complicates modeling electron distribution of polyatomic molecules?
A)Orbital hybridization lowers ground state energies
B)Electron correlation alters mean-field potential✓
C)Vibrational modes affect electronic transitions
D)Relativistic effects minimally alters orbitals
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Electron correlation necessitates considering instantaneous electron-electron repulsion, altering the effective mean-field potential for each electron because it deviates from independent single-particle approximations. This complicates orbital calculations, therefore requiring post-Hartree-Fock methods, rather than simplistic Hartree-Fock alone.
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