Journal article
Gaussian wave packet dynamics and the Landau-Zener model for nonadiabatic transitions
In
Chemical Physics Letters
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1992, Volume 197, Issue 6, pp. 620-625
Abstract
The Landau-Zener model for transitions between two linear diabatic potentials is examined. We derive, in the weak-coupling limit, an expression for the transition probability where the classical trajectory and the constant velocity approximations are abandoned and replaced by quantum dynamics described by a Gaussian wavepacket.
A remarkable agreement with the results from the simple Landau-Zener formula is observed.
| Language: | English |
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| Year: | 1992 |
| Pages: | 620-625 |
| ISSN: | 18734448 and 00092614 |
| Types: | Journal article |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0009-2614(92)85825-U |
| ORCIDs: | Henriksen, Niels Engholm |
