A phase-space electronic Hamiltonian for vibrational circular dichroism

T Duston, Z Tao, X Bian, M Bhati… - Journal of Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
We show empirically that a phase-space non-Born–Oppenheimer electronic Hamiltonian
approach to quantum chemistry (where the electronic Hamiltonian is parametrized by both …

Generalized Semiclassical Ehrenfest Method: A Route to Wave Function-Free Photochemistry and Nonadiabatic Dynamics with Only Potential Energies and Gradients

Y Shu, DG Truhlar - Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 2024 - ACS Publications
We reconsider recent methods by which direct dynamics calculations of electronically
nonadiabatic processes can be carried out while requiring only adiabatic potential energies …

A basis-free phase space electronic Hamiltonian that recovers beyond Born-Oppenheimer electronic momentum and current density

Z Tao, T Qiu, X Bian, JE Subotnik - ar** methods
Y Wu, J Rawlinson, RG Littlejohn… - The Journal of Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
We demonstrate that, for systems with spin–orbit coupling and an odd number of electrons,
the standard fewest switches surface hop** algorithm does not conserve the total linear or …

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 …

A simple one-electron expression for electron rotational factors

T Qiu, M Bhati, Z Tao, X Bian, J Rawlinson… - The Journal of …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Within the context of fewest-switch surface hop** (FSSH) dynamics, one often wishes to
remove the angular component of the derivative coupling between states J and K⁠. In a …

A semiclassical non-adiabatic phase-space approach to molecular translations and rotations: Surface hop** with electronic inertial effects

X Bian, Y Wu, T Qiu, Z Tao, JE Subotnik - The Journal of Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
We demonstrate that working with a correct phase-space electronic Hamiltonian captures
electronic inertial effects. In particular, we show that phase space surface hop** dynamics …

Adiabatic perturbation theory for two-component systems with one heavy component

R Requist - Physical Review B, 2025 - APS
Perturbation theory with respect to the kinetic energy of the heavy component of a two-
component quantum system is introduced. An effective Hamiltonian that is accurate to …