Vibrational eigenvector

As with the uncoupled case, one solution involves diagonalizing the Liouville matrix, iL+R+K. If U is the matrix with the eigenvectors as cohmms, and A is the diagonal matrix with the eigenvalues down the diagonal, then (B2.4.32) can be written as (B2.4.33). This is similar to other eigenvalue problems in quantum mechanics, such as the transfonnation to nonnal co-ordinates in vibrational spectroscopy. 

To determine the vibrational motions of the system, the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a mass-weighted matrix of the second derivatives of potential function has to be calculated. Using the standard normal mode procedure, the secular equation... 

For a nonlinear molecule composed of N atoms, 3N—6 eigenvalues provide the normal or fundamental vibrational frequencies of the vibration and and the associated eigenvectors, called normal modes give the directions and relative amplitudes of the atomic displacements in each mode. 

If the displacements of the atoms are given in terms of the harmonic normal modes of vibration for the crystal, the coherent one-phonon inelastic neutron scattering cross section can be analytically expressed in terms of the eigenvectors and eigenvalues of the hannonic analysis, as described in Ref. 1. 

The normal modes for solid Ceo can be clearly subdivided into two main categories intramolecular and intermolecular modes, because of the weak coupling between molecules. The former vibrations are often simply called molecular modes, since their frequencies and eigenvectors closely resemble those of an isolated molecule. The latter are also called lattice modes or phonons, and can be further subdivided into librational, acoustic and optic modes. The frequencies for the intermolecular modes are low, reflecting, the... 

In order to find the normal modes of vibration, I am going to write the above equations in matrix form, and then find the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a certain matrix. In matrix form, we write... 

This is clearly a matrix eigenvalue problem the eigenvalues determine tJie vibrational frequencies and the eigenvectors are the normal modes of vibration. Typical output is shown in Figure 14.10, with the mass-weighted normal coordinates expressed as Unear combinations of mass-weighted Cartesian displacements making up the bottom six Unes. 

Fig. 14a,b. Eigenvectors corresponding to several vibrations of the 5CB molecule as calculated from first principles. Arrows denote direction of atomic vibrational motion... 

It is apparent from Fig. 4 that the normal modes of vibration of the water molecule, as calculated from the eigenvectors, can be described approximately as a symmetrical stretching vibration (Mj) and a symmetrical bending vibration... 

This condition on the so-called secular determinant is the basis of the vibrational problem. The roots of Eq. (59), X, are the eigenvalues of the matrix product GF, while the columns of L, the eigenvectors, determine the forms of the normal modes of vibration. These relatively abstract relations become more evident with the consideration of an example. 

From the eigenvalues of this matrix, the harmonic vibrational frequencies can be obtained, and the corresponding eigenvectors describe the vibrational modes. 

Molecules, in general, have some nontrivial symmetry which simplifies mathematical analysis of the vibrational spectrum. Even when this is not the case, the number of atoms is often sufficiently small that brute force numerical solution using a digital computer provides the information wanted. Of course, crystals have translational symmetry between unit cells, and other elements of symmetry within a unit cell. For such a periodic structure the Hamiltonian matrix has a recurrent pattern, so the problem of calculating its eigenvectors and eigenvalues can be reduced to one associated with a much smaller matrix (i.e. much smaller than 3N X 3N where N is the number of atoms in the crystal). 

Figure 8 also shows values of f that have been calculated by two other methods. In the first, Jaswal (19) has used lattice-vibration eigen-frequencies and eigenvectors which have been calculated in the first Brillouin zone using the deformation-dipole model for the lattice. This... 

The matrices g and A transform the normal modes with frequencies Vj and eigenvectors V into atomic displacements (T), ADPs are the 3 x 3 diagonal blocks of and is a temperature-independent term accounting for the high-frequency vibrations (internal modes). 

The Harmonic Vibrational Energies and Normal Mode Eigenvectors... 

The b2, b 1 and a2 blocks are formed in a similar manner. The eigenvalues of each of these blocks provide the squares of the harmonic vibrational frequencies, the eigenvectors provide the normal mode displacements as linear combinations of the symmetry adapted... 

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