Wave functions signs

Determine the point group of the molecule. If it is linear, substituting a simpler point group that retains the symmetry of the orbitals (ignoring the wave function signs) makes the process easier. It is useful to substitute D2h for Dcoh and 2 for C . This substitution retains the symmetry of the orbitals without the need to use infinite-fold rotation axes. ... 

Normalization of SALCCS) derived from the projection operator method must account for the doubled contribution of relative to H, and H<, while maintaining the opposite wave function signs for relative to H, and H,. 

Comparison between the first and last lines of the table shows that the sign of the ground-state wave function has been reversed, which implies the existence of a conical intersection somewhere inside the loop described by the table. 

While the presence of sign changes in the adiabatic eigenstates at a conical intersection was well known in the early Jahn-Teller literature, much of the discussion centered on solutions of the coupled equations arising from non-adiabatic coupling between the two or mom nuclear components of the wave function in a spectroscopic context. Mead and Truhlar [10] were the first to... 

In hyperspherical coordinates, the wave function changes sign when <]) is increased by 2k. Thus, the cotTect phase beatment of the (]) coordinate can be obtained using a special technique [44 8] when the kinetic energy operators are evaluated The wave function/((])) is multiplied with exp(—i(j)/2), and after the forward EFT [69] the coefficients are multiplied with slightly different frequencies. Finally, after the backward FFT, the wave function is multiplied with exp(r[Pg.60]

Coherent states and diverse semiclassical approximations to molecular wavepackets are essentially dependent on the relative phases between the wave components. Due to the need to keep this chapter to a reasonable size, we can mention here only a sample of original works (e.g., [202-205]) and some summaries [206-208]. In these, the reader will come across the Maslov index [209], which we pause to mention here, since it links up in a natural way to the modulus-phase relations described in Section III and with the phase-fiacing method in Section IV. The Maslov index relates to the phase acquired when the semiclassical wave function haverses a zero (or a singularity, if there be one) and it (and, particularly, its sign) is the consequence of the analytic behavior of the wave function in the complex time plane. 

Since Q is negative, and //ab,cl for tbe ground state must be a negative sign, it follows that the ground state for the odd parity case is the in-phase combination, while for the even parity case, the out-of-phase wave function is the ground state. 

Because of the quantum mechanical Uncertainty Principle, quantum m echanics methods treat electrons as indistinguishable particles, This leads to the Paiili Exclusion Pnn ciple, which states that the many-electron wave function—which depends on the coordinates of all the electrons—must change sign whenever two electrons interchange positions. That IS, the wave function must be antisymmetric with respect to pair-wise permutations of the electron coordinates. 

X molecular spin orbitals must be different from one another in a way that satisfies the Exclusion Principle. Because the wave function IS written as a determinan t. in torch an gin g two rows of Ihe determinant corresponds to interchanging th e coordin ates of Ihe two electrons. The determinant changes sign according to the antisymmetry requirement. It also changes sign when tw O col-uni n s arc in tcrch an ged th is correspon ds to in Lerch an gin g two spin orbitals. 

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