A Sparse Linear Algebraic Approach To Arbitrary-order Vibrational Perturbation Theory

Boyer, Mark A.

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Title

A Sparse Linear Algebraic Approach To Arbitrary-order Vibrational Perturbation Theory

Author(s)

Boyer, Mark A.

Contributor(s)

McCoy, Anne B.

Issue Date

2021-06-23

Keyword(s)

Theory and Computation

Abstract

"Vibrational perturbation theory is a commonly-used method for obtaining anharmonic corrections to harmonic zero-order wave functions and energies. The method comes in two main variants, canonical Van Vleck perturbation theory, which has been used extensively by Sibert and coworkers\footnote{Sibert, E. L. J. Chem. Phys. 88, 4378-4390 (1987).} and Rayleigh-Schr\""{o}dinger perturbation theory, which was used by Nielsen to derive analytic corrections up through second-order.\footnote{Nielsen, H. H. Phys. Rev. 60, 794-810 (1941).}\footnote{Nielsen, H. H. Rev. Mod. Phys. 23, 90-136 (1951).} In this work, we introduce an adaption to the Rayleigh-Schr\""{o}dinger formalism. This approach, which is a generalization of approaches found in the physics literature,\footnote{Sakurai, J. J.; Liboff, R. L. Modern Quantum Mechanics. Am. J. Phys. (1986).} provides a simple route to obtain high-order corrections to the vibrational energies and wave functions for a system. The intensive symbolic algebra required in both the Van Vleck and Nielsen approaches is replaced by a sparse, numerical linear algebra for which efficient libraries already exist. This approach is formally equivalent to standard methods and admits a straight-forward approach to account for degeneracies. We apply this method to obtaining $4^{\mathrm{th}}$ and higher order corrections to the vibrational energies of a series of water clusters making use of curvilinear internal coordinates."

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International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy

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Text

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eng

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DOI

10.15278/isms.2021.WK05

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