Polarizability Perturbation Theory

Polarization, polarizability, perturbation theory, and stark effects... 

The tensor is given in lower-triangular format (i.e. a. standard orientation. The Approx polarizability line gives the results of the cruder polarizability estimate using sum-over-states perturbation theory, which is suggested by some older texts. 

The polarizabilities a, and y are often calculated by the methods of time-dependent perturbation theory, which I shall now describe. 

These concepts play an important role in the Hard and Soft Acid and Base (HSAB) principle, which states that hard acids prefer to react with hard bases, and vice versa. By means of Koopmann s theorem (Section 3.4) the hardness is related to the HOMO-LUMO energy difference, i.e. a small gap indicates a soft molecule. From second-order perturbation theory it also follows that a small gap between occupied and unoccupied orbitals will give a large contribution to the polarizability (Section 10.6), i.e. softness is a measure of how easily the electron density can be distorted by external fields, for example those generated by another molecule. In terms of the perturbation equation (15.1), a hard-hard interaction is primarily charge controlled, while a soft-soft interaction is orbital controlled. Both FMO and HSAB theories may be considered as being limiting cases of chemical reactivity described by the Fukui ftinction. 

The perturbation theory is the convenient starting point for the determination of the polarizability from the Schrodinger equation, restricted to its electronic part and the electric dipole interaction regime. The Stark Hamiltonian —p. describes the dipolar interaction between the electric field and the molecule represented by its... 

A computer program for the theoretical determination of electric polarizabilities and hyperpolarizabilitieshas been implemented at the ab initio level using a computational scheme based on CHF perturbation theory [7-11]. Zero-order SCF, and first-and second-order CHF equations are solved to obtain the corresponding perturbed wavefunctions and density matrices, exploiting the entire molecular symmetry to reduce the number of matrix element which are to be stored in, and processed by, computer. Then a /j, and iap-iS tensors are evaluated. This method has been applied to evaluate the second hyperpolarizability of benzene using extended basis sets of Gaussian functions, see Sec. VI. 

From the viewpoint of quantum mechanics, the polarization process cannot be continuous, but must involve a quantized transition from one state to another. Also, the transition must involve a change in the shape of the initial spherical charge distribution to an elongated shape (ellipsoidal). Thus an s-type wave function must become a p-type (or higher order) function. This requires an excitation energy call it A. Straightforward perturbation theory, applied to the Schroedinger aquation, then yields a simple expression for the polarizability (Atkins and Friedman, 1997) ... 

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... 

Very accurate values of the dipole and quadrupole polarizability for the equilibrium internuclear distance of HF can be found in a review article by Maroulis [71], calculated with finite-field Mpller-Plesset perturbation theory at various orders and coupled cluster theory using a carefully selected basis set. 

JHC735>. The polarizability and hyperpolarizability of 1,2,3-triazole have been computed by the Hartree-Fock perturbation theory on an extended basis CNDO method <90JPC1755>. 

The polarizability of the hydrogen atom can be calculated accurately using perturbation theory (Pauling and Wilson, 1935). The result is... 

Ab initio quantum-chemical calculations are reported at the level of second-order many-body perturbation theory aimed at the equilibrium between the all -trans (ttt) and the trans-gauche-trans (tgtl conformations of dlmethoxyethane. It is concluded that the gauche effect in dimethoxyethane and by analogy POE is mainly due to the presence of a polarizable environment and not to some intrinsic conformational preference. 

The method of CHF-PT-EB CNDO has been used for several organometallic complexes. This method utilizes a coupled Hartree-Fock (CHF) scheme10 applied through the perturbation theory (PT) of McWeeny,11"13 and an extended basis (EB), complete neglect of differential overlap (CNDO/2) wavefunction. The exponents of the basis set are optimized with respect to experimental polarizabilities and second hyperpolarizabili-ties.14,15 A detailed description of the CNDO/2 method may be found in Ref. 16. 

Classical anharmonic spring models with or without damping [9], and the corresponding quantum oscillator models seem well removed from the molecular problems of interest here. The quantum systems are frequently described in terms of coulombic or muffin tin potentials that are intrinsically anharmonic. We will demonstrate their correspondence after first discussing the quantum approach to the nonlinear polarizability problem. Since we are calculating the polarization of electrons in molecules in the presence of an external electric field, we will determine the polarized molecular wave functions expanded in the basis set of unperturbed molecular orbitals and, from them, the nonlinear polarizability. At the heart of this strategy is the assumption that perturbation theory is appropriate for treating these small effects (see below). This is appropriate if the polarized states differ in minor ways from the unpolarized states. The electric dipole operator defines the interaction between the electric field and the molecule. Because the polarization operator (eq lc) is proportional to the dipole operator, there is a direct link between perturbation theory corrections (stark effects) and electronic polarizability [6,11,12]. 

The molecular hyperpolarizabilities are / , 7, and a is the molecular polarizability. Typical values of / are 10 30 esu (esu units mean that the dimensions are in CGS units and the charge is in electrostatic units, thus / in esu means / in units of cmzesuz /erg2) [1-4]. For an electric field typical of Q-switched laser light, 104 statvolts/cm, the contribution to - //(0) from /3S2 is 10 4 debye. These polarizations are infinitesimal on the scale of our usual chemical thinking. Yet, these small polarizations are responsible for the exotic effects described throughout this volume. The perturbation theory approach used to describe these properties is justified by the fact that so little charge actually moves. 

As an example of the connection between perturbation theory wave function corrections and polarizability, we now calculate the linear polarizability, ax. The states are corrected to first order in H. Since the polarization operator (Zx) is field independent, polarization terms linear in the electric field arise from products of the unperturbed states and their first-order corrections from the dipole operator. The corrected states are [12]... 

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