ISSN:
0020-7608
Keywords:
Computational Chemistry and Molecular Modeling
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Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Valence bond (VB) diagrams form a complete basis for model Hamiltonians that conserve total spin, S, and have one valence state, φp, per site. Hubbard and Pariser-Parr-Pople (PPP) models illustrate ionic problems, with zero, one, or two electrons in each φp, while isotropic Heisenberg models illustrate spin problems, with only purely covalent VB diagrams. The difficulty of nonorthogonal VB diagrams is by-passed by exploiting the finite dimensionality of the complete basis and working with unsymmetric sparse matrices. We introduce efficient bit manipulations for generating, storing, and handling VB diagrams as integers and describe a new coordinate relaxation method for the ground and lowest excited states of unsymmetric sparse matrices. Antiferromagnetic spin-½ Heisenberg rings and chains of N ≤ 20 spins, or 2N spin functions, are solved in C2 symmetry as illustrative examples. The lowest S = 1 and 0 excitations are related to domain walls, or spin solitons, and studied for alternations corresponding to polyacetylene. VB diagrams with arbitrary S and nonneighbor interactions are constructed for both spin and ionic problems, thus extending diagrammatic VB theory to other topologies.
Additional Material:
5 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qua.560250606
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