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← ScienceWhich outcome arises when approximating a quantum system's many-electron wavefunction using Hartree-Fock method?
A)Neglect of electron correlation effects✓
B)Overestimation of electron kinetic energy
C)Underestimation of nuclear repulsion energy
D)Violation of Pauli exclusion principle
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When approximating the many-electron wavefunction with the Hartree-Fock method, independent single-electron functions and average field approximation causes neglect of instantaneous electron-electron correlation. Therefore neglect of electron correlation effects results, rather than kinetic energy, nuclear repulsion inaccuracies or Pauli exclusion violations;those originating from different assumptions.
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