Short-time dynamics through conical intersections in macrosystems. I. Theory: Effective-mode formulation
Short-time dynamics through conical intersections in macrosystems. I. Theory: Effective-mode formulation
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DOI:
10.1063/1.2183304
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发表时间:
2006-04-14
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
Cederbaum, LS
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作者:
Gindensperger, E;Burghardt, I;Cederbaum, LS
The short-time dynamics through a conical intersection of a macrosystem comprising a large number of nuclear degrees of freedom (modes) is investigated. The macrosystem is decomposed into a "system" part carrying a limited number of modes, and an "environment" part. An orthogonal transformation in the environment's space is introduced, as a result of which a subset of three effective modes can be identified which couple directly to the electronic subsystem. Together with the system's modes, these govern the short-time dynamics of the overall macrosystem. The remaining environmental modes couple, in turn, to the effective modes and become relevant at longer times. In this paper, we present the derivation of the effective Hamiltonian, first introduced by Cederbaum [Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 113003 (2005)], and analyze its properties in some detail. Several special cases and topological aspects are discussed. (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics.