1. Quantum dynamics and spectroscopy of dihalogens in solid matrices. I. Efficient simulation of the photodynamics of the embedded I2Kr18 cluster using the G-MCTDH method.
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Picconi, David, Cina, Jeffrey A., and Burghardt, Irene
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QUANTUM theory ,RAMAN spectroscopy ,WAVE packets ,ABSORPTION spectra ,CHEMICAL bond lengths ,DENSITY matrices ,QUANTUM coherence - Abstract
The molecular dynamics following the electronic B Π u 3 0 + ⟵ X Σ g + 1 photoexcitation of the iodine molecule embedded in solid krypton are studied quantum mechanically using the Gaussian variant of the multiconfigurational time-dependent Hartree method (G-MCTDH). The accuracy of the Gaussian wave packet approximation is validated against numerically exact MCTDH simulations for a fully anharmonic seven-dimensional model of the I
2 Kr18 cluster in a crystal Kr cage. The linear absorption spectrum, time-evolving vibrational probability densities, and I2 energy expectation value are accurately reproduced by the numerically efficient G-MCTDH approach. The reduced density matrix of the chromophore is analyzed in the coordinate, Wigner and energy representations, so as to obtain a multifaceted dynamical view of the guest-host interactions. Vibrational coherences extending over the bond distance range 2.7 Å < RI–I < 4.0 Å are found to survive for several vibrational periods, despite extensive dissipation. The present results prepare the ground for the simulation of time-resolved coherent Raman spectroscopy of the I2 -krypton system addressed in Paper II. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2019
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