Hamiltonian eigenfunction

According to Eqs. (2) and (13) the Hamiltonian eigenfunction in the Dirac-Pauli representation may be written as... 

Let us consider the case B = 0, when the Hermitian operator A corresponds to some integral of motion from the usual point of view. When the operator relation (3.1) is written for the Hamiltonian eigenfunction i// with eigenvalue E, one may write,... 

Here, 0(f) is the Heaviside step function, which equals unity when t is positive and zero when t is negative, and k are the same creation and annihilation operators discussed earlier and lO, A) is the neutral molecule reference wave function. Introducing complete sets of A — 1 and A -b 1 electron Hamiltonian eigenfunctions into the first and second terms in Eq. (16), it is straightforward to see that one observes time dependences varying as exp(i[E(0, A) - E K,N - IW/h) and exp(i[E(A , A -b 1) - (0, A)]r/ft), respectively. 

When a molecule is isolated from external fields, the Hamiltonian contains only kinetic energy operators for all of the electrons and nuclei as well as terms that account for repulsion and attraction between all distinct pairs of like and unlike charges, respectively. In such a case, the Hamiltonian is constant in time. When this condition is satisfied, the representation of the time-dependent wavefunction as a superposition of Hamiltonian eigenfunctions can be used to determine the time dependence of the expansion coefficients. If equation (A 1.1.3 9) is substituted into the time-dependent Schrodinger equation... 

The ability to assign a group of resonance states, as required for mode-specific decomposition, implies that the complete Hamiltonian for these states is well approxmiated by a zero-order Hamiltonian with eigenfunctions [M]. The ( ). are product fiinctions of a zero-order orthogonal basis for the reactant molecule and the quantity m. represents the quantum numbers defining ( ).. The wavefimctions / for the compound state resonances are given by... 

Balint-Kurti G G, Dixon R N and Marston C C 1990 The Fourier grid Hamiltonian method for bound state eigenvalues and eigenfunctions J. Chem. See. Faraday Trans. 86 1741... 

The electronic Hamiltonian and the comesponding eigenfunctions and eigenvalues are independent of the orientation of the nuclear body-fixed frame with respect to the space-fixed one, and hence depend only on m. The index i in Eq. (9) can span both discrete and continuous values. The q ) form... 

For bound state systems, eigenfunctions of the nuclear Hamiltonian can be found by diagonalization of the Hamiltonian matiix in Eq. (11). These functions are the possible nuclear states of the system, that is, the vibrational states. If these states are used as a basis set, the wave function after excitation is a superposition of these vibrational states, with expansion coefficients given by the Frank-Condon overlaps. In this picture, the dynamics in Figure 4 can be described by the time evolution of these expansion coefficients, a simple phase factor. The periodic motion in coordinate space is thus related to a discrete spectrum in energy space. 

In a diabatic representation, the electronic wave functions are no longer eigenfunctions of the electronic Hamiltonian. The aim is instead that the functions are so chosen that the (nonlocal) non-adiabatic coupling operator matrix, A in Eq. (52), vanishes, and the couplings are represented by (local) potential operators. The nuclear Schrddinger equation is then written... 

Further, the time-independent electionic basis functions are taken to be the eigenfunctions of the electionic Hamiltonian,... 

In this work, relativistic effects are included in the no-pah or large component only approximation [13]. The total electronic Hamiltonian is H (r R) = H (r R) + H (r R), where H (r R) is the nom-elativistic Coulomb Hamiltonian and R) is a spin-orbit Hamiltonian. The relativistic (nomelativistic) eigenstates, are eigenfunctions of R)(H (r R)). Lower (upper)... 

Until now we have implicitly assumed that our problem is formulated in a space-fixed coordinate system. However, electronic wave functions are naturally expressed in the system bound to the molecule otherwise they generally also depend on the rotational coordinate 4>. (This is not the case for E electronic states, for which the wave functions are invariant with respect to (j> ) The eigenfunctions of the electronic Hamiltonian, v / and v , computed in the framework of the BO approximation ( adiabatic electronic wave functions) for two electronic states into which a spatially degenerate state of linear molecule splits upon bending. 

We write them as i / (9) to shess that now we use the space-fixed coordinate frame. We shall call this basis diabatic, because the functions (26) are not the eigenfunction of the electronic Hamiltonian. The matrix elements of are... 

The first theoretical handling of the weak R-T combined with the spin-orbit coupling was carried out by Pople [71]. It represents a generalization of the perturbative approaches by Renner and PL-H. The basis functions are assumed as products of (42) with the eigenfunctions of the spin operator conesponding to values E = 1/2. The spin-orbit contribution to the model Hamiltonian was taken in the phenomenological form (16). It was assumed that both interactions are small compared to the bending vibrational frequency and that both the... 

The vibrational part of the molecular wave function may be expanded in the basis consisting of products of the eigenfunctions of two 2D harmonic oscillators with the Hamiltonians ffj = 7 -I- 1 /2/coiPa atid 7/p = 7p - - 1 /2fcppp,... 

To obtain the Hamiltonian at zeroth-order of approximation, it is necessary not only to exclude the kinetic energy of the nuclei, but also to assume that the nuclear internal coordinates are frozen at R = Ro, where Ro is a certain reference nucleai configuration, for example, the absolute minimum or the conical intersection. Thus, as an initial basis, the states t / (r,s) = t / (r,s Ro) are the eigenfunctions of the Hamiltonian s, R ). Accordingly, instead of Eq. (3), one has... 

Note that only the polynomial factors have been given, since the exponential parts are identical for all wave functions. Of course, any linear combination of the wave functions in Eqs. (D.5)-(D.7) will still be an eigenfunction of the vibrational Hamiltonian, and hence a possible state. There are three such linearly independent combinations which assume special importance, namely,... 

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