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THE purpose of this communication is to point out that the superposition of two Gaussian functions, with suitably chosen constants (C1, c1, C2, c2 > 0) provides a good approximation to the Lennard-Jones potential, which is approximately valid for the interaction between spherically symmetrical molecules; and that the use of (1) leads to comparatively simple expressions in certain types of theoretical work.
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Domb, and Zucker, Nature, 178, 484 (1956).
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SINGER, K. Use of Gaussian Functions for Intermolecular Potentials. Nature 181, 262–263 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/181262b0
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