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The Jacobi–Wilson method: A new approach to the description of polyatomic molecules

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We present a new method adapted to the calculation of excited rovibrational states of semirigid molecules. It first relies on a description of the molecule in terms of polyspherical coordinates of Jacobi vectors, in order to obtain a compact expression for the kinetic energy operator T̂(q). This general description is then adapted to the molecule considered by defining curvilinear normal modes from the corresponding zero order harmonic Hamiltonian Ĥ0=T̂(qeq) + Vharm(q), the solutions of which are being used as the working basis set. The residual kinetic term ΔT̂ is treated mainly analytically in this basis, and displays no radial contribution. Anharmonic coupling ΔV(q) is handled by means of a pseudospectral scheme based on Gauss Hermite quadratures. This method is particularly adapted to direct iterative approaches which only require the action of Ĥ on a vector, without the need of the associated matrix, thus allowing ultralarge bases to be considered. An application to the excited vibrational states of the HFCO molecule is presented. It is shown in this example that energy levels can be trivially assigned from the leading expansion coefficient of the associated eigenvector.

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hal-01118225 , version 1 (10-07-2017)

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Claude Leforestier, Alexandra Viel, Fabien Gatti, Claudio Muñoz, Christophe Iung. The Jacobi–Wilson method: A new approach to the description of polyatomic molecules. Journal of Chemical Physics, 2001, 114 (5), pp.2099-2105. ⟨10.1063/1.1337048⟩. ⟨hal-01118225⟩
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