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A semiclassical hybrid approach to linear response functions for infrared spectroscopy

Quantum Physics 2016-05-27 v1

Abstract

Based on the integral representation of the semiclassical propagator of Herman and Kluk (HK), and in the limit of high temperatures, we formulate a hybrid expression for the correlation function of infrared spectroscopy. This is achieved by performing a partial linearization inside the integral over the difference of phase space variables that occurs after a twofold application of the HK propagator. A numerical case study for a coupled anharmonic oscillator shows that already for a total number of only two degrees of freedom, one of which is treated in the simplified manner, a substantial reduction of the numerical effort is achieved.

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@article{arxiv.1512.00185,
  title  = {A semiclassical hybrid approach to linear response functions for infrared spectroscopy},
  author = {Frank Grossmann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1512.00185},
  year   = {2016}
}