Perturbation theory first-order expressions

In the second, response theory, approach, the response of the Hartree-Fock ground state is calculated by perturbation theory. First-order perturbation theory in the fluctuation potential gives a method known as the random phase approximation (REA). The RPA linear response gives the dynamic polarizability, the quadratic response gives the first hyperpolarizability etc. One can obtain expressions for the response functions as sums over states formulae, but they are not calculated as such, rather they are calculated from coupled linear equations. RPA is equivalent to TDCPHF. 

We now follow the familiar procedure of perturbation theory to extract from eqn 1 the first order expression of the variations indieated by A. Let us start from the normalization condition, and denote by M.j the j-th eolumn of any given matrix M. Since both C,j and Cj are normalized to unity, to first order in AC, as has been mentioned, N may be taken to be unity, and we must have ... 

In other words, the diagonal elements of the perturbing Hamiltonian provide the first-order correction to the energies of the spin manifold, and the nondiagonal elements give the second-order corrections. Perturbation theory also provides expressions for the calculation of the coefficients of the second-order corrected wavefunctions l / in terms of the original wavefunctions (p)... 

The cathodic current density for the neutralization of the proton at an electrode was obtained using first-order perturbation theory and was expressed in nonquadratic form as... 

Some qualitative understanding of the CICD can be gained by means of Wentzel-type theory that treats the initial and final states of the decay as single Slater determinants taking electronic repulsion responsible for the transitions as a perturbation. The collective decay of two inner-shell vacancies (see Figure 6.6) is a three-electron transition mediated by two-electron interaction. Thus, the process is forbidden in the first-order perturbation theory, and its rate cannot be calculated by the first-order expressions, such as (1). Going to the second-order perturbation theory, the expression for the collective decay width can be written as... 

Second order perturbation theory gives then expressions for the first... 

The traditional role of perturbation theory in reactor physics has been to estimate, with a first-order accuracy, the effect of an alteration in the reactor on its reactivity. Lately, application of perturbation theory techniques has increased significantly in both scope and volume. Two general trends characterize these developments (1) improvement of the accuracy of reactivity calculation, and (2) extension of the use of second-order perturbation theory formulations for estimating the effect of a perturbation on integral parameters other than reactivity, and to nuclear systems other than reactors. These trends reflect two special features of perturbation theory. First, it provides exact expressions for the effect of an alteration in the reactor on its reactivity. For small, and especially local alterations, these perturbation expressions are easier and cheaper to apply than other approaches. Second, second-order perturbation theory formulations can be applied with distribution functions pertaining only to the unperturbed system. 

If the long-range mteraction between a pair of molecules is treated by quantum mechanical perturbation theory, then the electrostatic interactions considered in section Al.5.2.3 arise in first order, whereas induction and dispersion effects appear in second order. The multipole expansion of the induction energy in its fill generality [7, 28] is quite complex. Here we consider only explicit expressions for individual temis in the... 

It has been postulated that jet breakup is the result of aerodynamic interaction between the Hquid and the ambient gas. Such theory considers a column of Hquid emerging from a circular orifice into a surrounding gas. The instabiHty on the Hquid surface is examined by using first-order linear theory. A small perturbation is imposed on the initially steady Hquid motion to simulate the growth of waves. The displacement of the surface waves can be obtained by the real component of a Fourier expression ... 

A Perturbation Theory is developed for treating a system of n electrons in which the Hartree-Fock solution appears as the zero-order approximation. It is shown by this development that the first order correction for the energy and the charge density of the system is zero. The expression for the second order correction for the energy greatly simplifies because of the special property of the zero order solution. It is pointed out that the development of the higher order approximation involves only calculations based on a definite one-body problem. 

In such cases the expression from fii st-order perturbation theory (10.18) yields a result identical to the first derivative of the energy with respect to A. For wave functions which are not completely optimized with respect to all parameters (Cl, MP or CC), the Hellmann-Feynman theorem does not hold, and a first-order property calculated as an expectation value will not be identical to that obtained as an energy derivative. Since the Hellmann-Feynman theorem holds for an exact wave function, the difference between the two values becomes smaller as the quality of an approximate wave function increases however, for practical applications the difference is not negligible. It has been argued that the derivative technique resembles the physical experiment more, and consequently formula (10.21) should be preferred over (10.18). 

The expression for the rate R (sec ) of photon absorption due to coupling V beriveen a molecule s electronic and nuclear charges and an electromagnetic field is given through first order in perturbation theory by the well known Wentzel Fermi golden rule formula (7,8) ... 

The expressions (4.22)-(4.23) found in chap. 4 for the isomer shift 5 in nonrelativ-istic form may be applied to lighter elements up to iron without causing too much of an error. In heavier elements, however, the wave function j/ is subject to considerable modification by relativistic effects, particularly near the nucleus (remember that the spin-orbit coupling coefficient increases with Z ). Therefore, the electron density at the nucleus l /(o)P will be modified as well and the aforementioned equations for the isomer shift require relativistic correction. This has been considered [1] in a somewhat restricted approach by using Dirac wave functions and first-order perturbation theory in this approximation the relativistic correction simply consists of a dimensionless factor S (Z), which is introduced in the above equations for S,... 

In this section we will discuss perturbation methods suitable for high-energy electron diffraction. For simplicity, in this section we will be concerned with only periodic structures and a transmission diffraction geometry. In the context of electron diffraction theory, the perturbation method has been extensively used and developed. Applications have been made to take into account the effects of weak beams [44, 45] inelastic scattering [46] higher-order Laue zone diffraction [47] crystal structure determination [48] and crystal structure factors refinement [38, 49]. A formal mathematical expression for the first order partial derivatives of the scattering matrix has been derived by Speer et al. [50], and a formal second order perturbation theory has been developed by Peng [22,34],... 

In a perturbation theory treatment of the total (not just electrostatic) interaction between the molecule and the point charge, QV(r) is the first-order term in the expression for the total interaction energy (which would include polarization and other effects). 

We draw attention to the fact that in the first-order perturbation theory we have = 1 and B %) = 0 in Eq. (4.2.41) for any N, and the expression for the leaving rate of the molecule from the subbarrier states reduces to two well-known special cases. The first of these corresponds to the low-temperature limit - 0 for which166... 

In summary, density functional theory provides a natural framework to discuss solvent effects in the context of RF theory. A general expression giving the insertion energy of an atom or molecule into a polarizable medium was derived. This expression given in Eq (83), when treated within a first order perturbation theory approach (i.e. when the solute self-polarization... 

It has been well known for some time (e.g. [36]) that the next component in importance is that of connected triple excitations. By far the most cost-effective way of estimating them has been the quasiper-turbative approach known as CCSD(T) introduced by Raghavachari et al. [37], in which the fourth-order and fifth-order perturbation theory expressions for the most important terms are used with the converged CCSD amplitudes for the first-order wavefunction. This account for substantial fractions of the higher-order contributions a very recent detailed analysis by Cremer and He [38] suggests that 87, 80, and 72 %, respectively, of the sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-order terms appearing in the much more expensive CCSDT-la method are included implicitly in CCSD(T). 

Integration is over charge density p(r) at an angle between the radius vector r and the symmetry axis. The application of first order perturbation theory (5, 90) then yields the following expression for the energy levels E ,... 

---