-Within the Born-Oppenheimer (BO) approximation the light electrons are assumed to move much faster and, thus, follow adiabatically to the motion of the heavy nuclei, if the latter are only slightly deflected from their equilibrium positions.
-Thus, on the timescale of electronic motion the ions appear at fixed positions.
-On the other way round, on the timescale of nuclear motion the electrons appear blurred in space adding an extra term to the ion-ion potential.
+Within the Born-Oppenheimer (BO) approximation, the light electrons are assumed to move much faster and, thus, follow adiabatically to the motion of the heavy nuclei, if the latter are only slightly deflected from their equilibrium positions.
+Thus, on the timescale of electronic motion, the ions appear at fixed positions.
+On the other way round, on the timescale of nuclear motion, the electrons appear blurred in space adding an extra term to the ion-ion potential.