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:
The S-matrix formalism is used to treat the phenomenon of resonance energy transfer (sensitized fluorescence). It is shown that for dipole-allowed transitions and short sensitizer-acceptor separations, the relativistic treatment yields the same result as the nonrelativistic Perrin-Förster theory. For large sensitizer-acceptor separations, long-range coupling terms appear in the relativistic treatment. Resonance energy transfer through these long-range coupling terms is compared with spontaneous photon emission, and direct-interaction theories of electromagnetism are discussed. In the Appendix it is shown that the relativistic theory predicts resonance transfer of triplet excitation energy through the spin-spin coupling term in the Breit interaction.
Additional Material:
3 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qua.560250110
