What are we talking about when we discuss the Born-Oppenheimer approximation?
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| author | Lombardi, Olimpia Fortin, Sebastian Gonzalez, Juan Camilo Martinez Accorinti, Hernan Lucas |
| author_facet | Lombardi, Olimpia Fortin, Sebastian Gonzalez, Juan Camilo Martinez Accorinti, Hernan Lucas |
| contents | Nick Huggett, James Ladyman, and Karim Thebault (HLT) have presented a comprehensive article examining the Born-Oppenheimer Approximation (BOA). Their central objective is to challenge our position on the matter-namely, that the BOA incorporates a classical assumption incompatible with the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle. In contrast, HLT contend that the BOA involves no such classical assumption and, as a result, supports the view that chemistry can be reduced to physics. The purpose of this paper is to offer a critical analysis of the HLT article and to clarify why we consider their arguments unpersuasive. |
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| spellingShingle | What are we talking about when we discuss the Born-Oppenheimer approximation? Lombardi, Olimpia Fortin, Sebastian Gonzalez, Juan Camilo Martinez Accorinti, Hernan Lucas Quantum Physics History and Philosophy of Physics Nick Huggett, James Ladyman, and Karim Thebault (HLT) have presented a comprehensive article examining the Born-Oppenheimer Approximation (BOA). Their central objective is to challenge our position on the matter-namely, that the BOA incorporates a classical assumption incompatible with the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle. In contrast, HLT contend that the BOA involves no such classical assumption and, as a result, supports the view that chemistry can be reduced to physics. The purpose of this paper is to offer a critical analysis of the HLT article and to clarify why we consider their arguments unpersuasive. |
| title | What are we talking about when we discuss the Born-Oppenheimer approximation? |
| topic | Quantum Physics History and Philosophy of Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.12223 |