[HTML][HTML] Molecular dynamics of linear molecules in strong magnetic fields

L Monzel, A Pausch, LDM Peters, EI Tellgren… - The Journal of …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Molecular rotations and vibrations have been extensively studied by chemists for decades,
both experimentally using spectroscopic methods and theoretically with the help of quantum …

Total angular momentum conservation in ab initio Born-Oppenheimer molecular dynamics

X Bian, Z Tao, Y Wu, J Rawlinson, RG Littlejohn… - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
We prove both analytically and numerically that the total angular momentum of a molecular
system undergoing adiabatic Born-Oppenheimer dynamics is conserved only when …

Symmetric post-transition state bifurcation reactions with Berry pseudomagnetic fields

Z Tao, T Qiu, JE Subotnik - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We investigate how the Berry force (ie, the pseudomagnetic force operating on nuclei as
induced by electronic degeneracy and spin–orbit coupling (SOC)) might modify a post …

Semiempirical methods for molecular systems in strong magnetic fields

CY Cheng, AM Wibowo-Teale - Journal of Chemical Theory and …, 2023 - ACS Publications
A general scheme is presented to extend semiempirical methods to include the effects of
arbitrary strength magnetic fields, while maintaining computational efficiency. The approach …

Magnetic-translational sum rule and approximate models of the molecular Berry curvature

LDM Peters, T Culpitt, EI Tellgren… - The Journal of Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The Berry connection and curvature are key components of electronic structure calculations
for atoms and molecules in magnetic fields. They ensure the correct translational behavior of …

Practical phase-space electronic Hamiltonians for ab initio dynamics

Z Tao, T Qiu, M Bhati, X Bian, T Duston… - The Journal of …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Modern electronic structure theory is built around the Born–Oppenheimer approximation
and the construction of an electronic Hamiltonian H ̂ el (X) that depends on the nuclear …

Diagonalizing the Born–Oppenheimer Hamiltonian via Moyal perturbation theory, nonadiabatic corrections, and translational degrees of freedom

R Littlejohn, J Rawlinson, J Subotnik - The Journal of Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
This article describes a method for calculating higher order or nonadiabatic corrections in
Born–Oppenheimer theory and its interaction with the translational degrees of freedom. The …

Time-dependent nuclear-electronic orbital Hartree–Fock theory in a strong uniform magnetic field

T Culpitt, LDM Peters, EI Tellgren… - The Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
In an ultrastrong magnetic field, with field strength B≈ B 0= 2.35× 10 5 T, molecular structure
and dynamics differ strongly from that observed on the Earth. Within the Born–Oppenheimer …

Berry population analysis: Atomic charges from the berry curvature in a magnetic field

LDM Peters, T Culpitt, EI Tellgren… - Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The Berry curvature is essential in Born–Oppenheimer molecular dynamics, describing the
screening of the nuclei by the electrons in a magnetic field. Parts of the Berry curvature can …

How “Berry Phase” Analysis of Non-Adiabatic Non-Hermitian Systems Reflects Their Geometry

C Jeynes - Entropy, 2023 - mdpi.com
There is currently great interest in systems represented by non-Hermitian Hamiltonians,
including a wide variety of real systems that may be dissipative and whose behaviour can be …