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← ScienceWhich consequence results when variational wave function parameters are insufficiently optimized?
A)Increased ground state energy✓
B)Spontaneous symmetry breaking
C)Enhanced tunneling probability
D)Reduced quantum entanglement
💡 Explanation
Optimizing trial wave functions minimizes energy with the Rayleigh-Ritz variational principle; therefore, under-optimized function approximations yield energies exceeding the true ground state because the optimization seeks the lowest bound, rather than higher eigenvalues.
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