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:
In this paper a general method for the evaluation of the matrix elements of spin-dependent operators is proposed to improve the treatment primitively suggesteed by Cooper and Musher. This approach is largely based on the recent results which the present authors have achieved in the representation theory for the inner- and outer-product reduction of the symmetric group. It is shown that the so-called outer-product coupling coefficients (OPCC) can be used to generalize the method for constructing the irreducible tensor operators of group Sn. Together with the use of inner-product coupling coefficients (IPCC), an expression for the matrix elements of spin-dependent operators is presented as the product of a Racah coefficient for Sn and a reduced matrix element which can be expressed in terms of IPCC, OPCC, and the related integrals. The treatment for one- and two-electron spin-dependent operators is discussed in detail.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qua.560360305
