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The moving Born-Oppenheimer approximation

Bernardo Barrera1, Daniel P Arovas2, Anushya Chandran1,3

  • 1Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
|February 13, 2026
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Born–Oppenheimer approximationmixed quantum-classical dynamicsnonadiabatic dynamicsspin squeezingstate preparation

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