In molecular systems such as alkali dimers the two-electron wavefunction can be constructed using a limited number of configurations formed by products of two one-electron orbitals φ of the molecular ion. Starting from numerical values of the wavefunctions φ computed on a grid of points, we propose a numerical evaluation of the two-electron integrals by considering a multiple quadrature in which the innermost integral is expressed by means of an hypergeometric function. The method is well adapted to configurations involving Rydberg or continuum orbitals φ.
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