Perturbation Rayleigh-Schrodinger

An essential thing to stress concerning the above development of so-called Rayleigh-Schrodinger perturbation theory (RSPT) is that each of the energy corrections... 

Wigner, E. P., Phys. Rev. 94, 77, "Application of the Rayleigh-Schrodinger perturbation theory to the hydrogen atom." The whole electrostatic potential is considered as a perturbation. 

The Rayleigh-Schrodinger Perturbation Theory (see [2]) leads then to the following system of linear equations for the determination of cj (j=l,. ..M) ... 

The mathematical procedure that we present here for solving equation (9.15) is known as Rayleigh-Schrodinger perturbation theory. There are other procedures, but they are seldom used. In the Rayleigh-Schrodinger method, the eigenfunctions tpn and the eigenvalues E are expanded as power series in A... 

E. Schrodinger, Ann. Phys. 80 (1926), 437. The quantal formalism substantially follows the classical method developed by Lord Rayleigh (Theory of Sound [1894]) and is commonly referred to as Rayleigh-Schrodinger perturbation theory. ... 

Note that the choice of non-orthogonal versus orthogonal basis functions has no consequence for the numerical variational solutions (cf. Coulson s treatment of He2, note 76), but it undermines the possibility of physical interpretation in perturbative terms. While a proper Rayleigh-Schrodinger perturbative treatment of the He- He interaction can be envisioned, it would not simply truncate at second order as assumed in the PMO analysis of Fig. 3.58. Note also that alternative perturbation-theory formulations that make no reference to an... 

From this starting point, London employed standard techniques of Rayleigh-Schrodinger perturbation theory to evaluate the leading effects of the intermolecular... 

Angyan, J. G. Rayleigh-Schrodinger perturbation theory of non-linear Schrodinger equations with linear perturbation, IntJ.Quantum Chem., 47 (1993), 469-483... 

It should be apparent that the expressions for the wave functions after interaction [equations (3.38) and (3.39)] are equivalent to the Rayleigh-Schrodinger perturbation theory (RSPT) result for the perturbed wave function correct to first order [equation (A.109)]. Similarly, the parallel between the MO energies [equations (3.33) and (3.34)] and the RSPT energy correct to second order [equation (A. 110)] is obvious. The missing first-order correction emphasizes the correspondence of the first-order corrected wave function and the second-order corrected energy. Note that equations (3.33), (3.34), (3.38), and (3.39) are valid under the same conditions required for the application of perturbation theory, namely that the perturbation be weak compared to energy differences. 

If the solutions (energies and wave functions P ) of the Schrodinger equation for the unperturbed system Tf(°) P = F,1,01 4/jl°l are known, and the operator form of the perturbation, Hp, can be specified, the Rayleigh-Schrodinger perturbation theory will provide a description of the perturbed system in terms of the unperturbed system. Thus, for the perturbed system, the SE is... 

Let us define the operator of the effective Hamiltonian in Rayleigh-Schrodinger perturbation theory in the following way ... 

The first- and second-order electronic wavefunctions necessary for further development are obtained from Rayleigh-SchrOdinger perturbation theory (see ref. (28) for details). 

The method is based on the following procedure.33 All possible doubly excited configurations are generated from the Hartree-Fock function and their contributions to the second-order Rayleigh-Schrodinger perturbation theory energy computed. Approximately 100 of the most important are used for a Cl calculation, all singly... 

Polarizability.—The hamiltonian for a molecule in a uniform electric field is given by H—ft° +JT(1), where i/(1)= — paF, F being the electric field vector. Developing a normal Rayleigh-Schrodinger perturbation scheme, the second-order contribution to the energy is... 

I. Lindgren, The Rayleigh-Schrodinger perturbation and the linked-diagram theorem for a multi configurational model space, J. Phys. B At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 7 (1974) 2441. 

In the above formula, Q is the nuclear coordinate, p, and I/r are the ground state and excited electronic terms. Here Kv is provided through the traditional Rayleigh-Schrodinger perturbation formula and K0 have an electrostatic meaning. This expression will be called traditional approach, which has, in principle, quantum correctness, but requires some amendments when different particular approaches of electronic structure calculation are employed (see the Bersuker s work in this volume). In the traditional formalism the vibronic constants P0 dH/dQ Pr) can be tackled with the electric field integrals at nuclei, while the K0 is ultimately related with electric field gradients. Computationally, these are easy to evaluate but the literally use of equations (1) and (2) definitions does not recover the total curvature computed by the ab initio method at hand. 

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