On the relationship betweenT 1 andT 2 for stochastic relaxation models

We consider the relaxation dynamics of two quantum levels coupled to a stochastic bath. We emphasize that even if the matrix elements of the fluctuating Hamiltonian are Gaussian, a second-order cumulant truncation is not exact. For various stochastic models, including the case of a spin-1/2 particle in a fluctuating magnetic field, we calculate 1/T ₁, the population relaxation rate, and 1/T ₂, the phase relaxation rate, up to fourth order in perturbation theory. We show that unlike the commonly accepted second-order result that 1/T ₂1/2T ₁, when fourth-order terms are included, in some instances 1/T ₂<1/2T ₁.     

Ultrafast vibrational spectroscopy of water and aqueous N-methylacetamide: Comparison of different electronic structure/molecular dynamics approaches

Kwac and Cho [J. Chem. Phys. 119, 2247 (2003)] have recently developed a combined electronic structure/molecular dynamics approach to vibrational spectroscopy in liquids. The method involves fitting ab initio vibrational frequencies for a solute in a cluster of solvent molecules to a linear combination of the electrostatic potentials on the solute atoms due to the charges on the solvent molecules. These authors applied their method to the N-methylacetamide-D/D(2)O system. We (S. A. Corcelli, C. P. Lawrence, and J. L. Skinner, [J. Chem. Phys. 120, 8107 (2004)]) have recently explored a closely related method, where instead of the electrostatic potential, the solute vibrational frequencies are fit to the components of the electric fields on the solute atoms due to the solvent molecules. We applied our method to the HOD/D(2)O and HOD/H(2)O systems. In order to make a direct comparison of these two approaches, in this paper we apply their method to the water system, and our method to the N-methylacetamide system. For the water system we find that the electric field method is superior to the potential approach, as judged by comparison with experiments for the absorption line shape. For the N-methylacetamide system the two methods are comparable.     

Thermochemistry of bis-arene- and arenetricarbonyl-chromium compounds containing hexamethylbenzene, 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene and naphthalene.

Microcalorimetric measurements at elevated temperatures of the heats of thermal decomposition and iodination have led to values of the standard enthalpies of formation of the following crystalline compounds (values given in kJ mol^?1) at 298K: [Cr(η⁶-1,3,5-C₆H₃(CH₃)₃)₂] = (63±12); [Cr(η⁶-C₆(CH₃)₆)₂] : -(88±12); [Cr(1,2,3,4,4a,8a-η-C₁₀H₈)₂] = (407±11); [Cr(CO)₃(1,2,3,4,4a,8a-η-C₁₀H₈)] = -(258±8). Separate measurements by the vacuum sublimation microcalorimetric technique gave the following values for the enthalpy of sublimation at 298K (kJ mol^?1) : [Cr(η⁶-1,3,5-C₆H₃(CH₃)₃)₂] = (104±1); [Cr(η⁶-C₆(CH₃)₆)₂] = (119±4); [Cr(CO)₃(1,2,3,4,4a,8a-η-C₁₀H₈)] = (107±3). From these and other data, the bond enthalpy contributions of the metal-ligand bonds in the gaseous metal complexes were evaluated as follows: [(η₆-C₆(CH₃)₆)-Cr] (155±7); [(η⁶-C₆H₃(CH₃)₃)-Cr] (151±6); [(1,2,3,4,4a, 8a-η-C₁₀H₈)-Cr](145±6) kJ mol^?1]The question of the transferability of the enthalpy contributions of chromium—ligand bonds between organochronium complexes is discussed with aid of information from structural and spectroscopic investigation. The limitations of the procedure are defined.The thermodynamic data are used to discuss various substitution, redistribution and exchange reaction of Cr(η-arene)₂ and [Cr(CO)₃(η-arene)] compounds.     

Electron-density topology in molecular systems: paired and unpaired densities

This work studies the partitioning of the electron density into two contributions which are interpreted as the paired and the effectively unpaired electron densities. The topological features of each density field as well as of the total density are described localizing the corresponding critical points in simple selected molecules (local formalism). The results show that unpaired electron-density concentrations occur out of the topological bonding regions whereas the paired electron densities present accumulations inside those regions. A comparison of these results with those arising from population analysis techniques (nonlocal or integrated formalisms) is reported.     

Determination of atomic valence indices from population analyses at correlated level

This work carries out a study of atomic valences within molecular systems based on Mulliken and topological population analyses at correlated level. The use of the unpaired electron densities leads to suitable relationships between valences, free valence indices, and bond indices, which turn out to be quite useful for computational purposes. The results arising from both methods at correlated and uncorrelated levels are compared in a large series of chemical compounds. Several interesting conclusions are drawn out and analyzed in detail.     

A molecular theory of inhomogeneous broadening,including the correlation between different transitions,in liquids and glasses

Summary We present a molecular theory of the energy distributions for the internal quantum states of a solute in a liquid or glassy solvent. We show that the energy distributions for different states are correlated in a way that depends on the solute-solvent interactions. We show how the theory can be modified easily to describe the transition-energy distributions for different pairs of states, which are of course related to inhomogeneously broadened absorption spectra. We also show that the distributions for different transitions are correlated, and describe how this correlation is measured by nonresonant fluorescence- and phosphorescence-line-narrowing and hole-burning experiments. The theory provides a microscopic framework within which to interpret different phenomenological models. For the case of a Lennard-Jones solute in a Lennard-Jones liquid solvent, we compare our theory to Monte Carlo simulation.