Hamiltonian anharmonic molecular

Here <5FS signifies the fluctuating solvent force on the coordinate qs, while < qs (t) is the Heisenberg time-dependent operator, with dynamics governed by the full internal anharmonic molecular Hamiltonian, associated with the fluctuation <5qs = qs — (i qs f). Finally, the prefactor yi( is (2)... 

The first classical trajectory study of unimolecular decomposition and intramolecular motion for realistic anharmonic molecular Hamiltonians was performed by Bunker [12,13]. Both intrinsic RRKM and non-RRKM dynamics was observed in these studies. Since this pioneering work, there have been numerous additional studies [9,17,30,M,65,66 and 62] from which two distinct types of intramolecular motion, chaotic and quasiperiodic [14], have been identified. Both are depicted in figure A3.12.7. Chaotic vibrational motion is not regular as predicted by the normal-mode model and, instead, there is energy transfer between the modes. If all the modes of the molecule participate in the chaotic motion and energy flow is sufficiently rapid, an initial microcanonical ensemble is maintained as the molecule dissociates and RRKM behaviour is observed [9]. For non-random excitation initial apparent non-RRKM behaviour is observed, but at longer times a microcanonical ensemble of states is formed and the probability of decomposition becomes that of RRKM theory. 

H is the molecular hamiltonian in the absence of the field. This anharmonic energy profile is plotted in Figure 2 for three choices of 2 A/t. A taylor series expansion of this equation around the equilibrium polarization, Vo, gives the effective cubic anharmonicity in the potential, where V replaces the classical position x... 

In both cases, because of restrictions imposed on the excitation process (e.g. optical selection rules), the initially excited state is not an exact eigenstate of the molecular Hamiltonian (see below). At the same time, if the molecule is large enough, this initially prepared zero-order excited state is embedded in a bath of a very large number of other states. Interaction between these zero-order states results from residual molecular interactions such as corrections to the Bom Oppenheimer approximation in the first example and anharmonic corrections to nuclear potential surfaces in the second. These exist even in the absence of interactions with other molecules, giving rise to relaxation even in isolated (large) molecules. The quasi-continuous manifolds of states are sometimes referred to as molecular heat baths. The fact that these states are initially not populated implies that these baths are at zero temperature. 

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In the LM model, molecular vibrations are treated as motions of individual anharmonic bonds [38] (usually Morse oscillators). They therefore include anharmonicity, but not coupling between bonds, thus requiring inclusion of interbond coupling for obtaining a better description. For the case of t identical Morse oscillators, the energy levels related to the LM Hamiltonian are given by... 

A scheme as described here is indispensable for a quantum dynamical treatment of strongly delocalized systems, such as solid hydrogen (van Kranendonk, 1983) or the plastic phases of other molecular crystals. We have shown, however (Jansen et al., 1984), that it is also very suitable to treat the anharmonic librations in ordered phases. Moreover, the RPA method yields the exact result in the limit of a harmonic crystal Hamiltonian, which makes it appropriate to describe the weakly anharmonic translational vibrations, too. We have extended the theory (Briels et al., 1984) in order to include these translational motions, as well as the coupled rotational-translational lattice vibrations. In this section, we outline the general theory and present the relevant formulas for the coupled... 

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