The response of a molecule to static and dynamic electromagnetic fields and intramolecular perturbations is reviewed within the framework of the Rayleigh-Schroedinger perturbation theory. A semiclassical approach is adopted, using quantized form of electronic operators and the nonquantized description of the electromagnetic fields via the Maxwell equations. The Bloch multipolar gauge has been used to define operators suitable to describe the molecular interaction with nonhomogneous time-dependent perturbations. It is shown that the quantum mechanical theory of magnetic properties can profitably be proposed in terms of electronic current densities induced by an external magnetic field and permanent magnetic dipole moments at the nuclei. Theoretical relationships are reported to evaluate magnetizability, nuclear magnetic shielding and nuclear spin-spin coupling, proving that the whole theory can be reformulated via the equations of classical electromagnetism, provided that the current density is evaluated by quantum mechanical methods. Emphasis is placed on the invariance of response properties in a translation of the coordinate system as a basic requirement for measurability. The connections between translational invariance, gauge invariance and electron charge conservation are outlined, showing that they can be illustrated via quantum mechanical sum rules. A number of relationships describing the change of electromagnetic properties in a translation of the reference frame are reported.

Invariance of molecular response properties under a coordinate translation / Lazzeretti, Paolo. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF QUANTUM CHEMISTRY. - ISSN 0020-7608. - STAMPA. - 114:(2014), pp. 1364-1392. [10.1002/qua.24662]

Invariance of molecular response properties under a coordinate translation

LAZZERETTI, Paolo
2014

Abstract

The response of a molecule to static and dynamic electromagnetic fields and intramolecular perturbations is reviewed within the framework of the Rayleigh-Schroedinger perturbation theory. A semiclassical approach is adopted, using quantized form of electronic operators and the nonquantized description of the electromagnetic fields via the Maxwell equations. The Bloch multipolar gauge has been used to define operators suitable to describe the molecular interaction with nonhomogneous time-dependent perturbations. It is shown that the quantum mechanical theory of magnetic properties can profitably be proposed in terms of electronic current densities induced by an external magnetic field and permanent magnetic dipole moments at the nuclei. Theoretical relationships are reported to evaluate magnetizability, nuclear magnetic shielding and nuclear spin-spin coupling, proving that the whole theory can be reformulated via the equations of classical electromagnetism, provided that the current density is evaluated by quantum mechanical methods. Emphasis is placed on the invariance of response properties in a translation of the coordinate system as a basic requirement for measurability. The connections between translational invariance, gauge invariance and electron charge conservation are outlined, showing that they can be illustrated via quantum mechanical sum rules. A number of relationships describing the change of electromagnetic properties in a translation of the reference frame are reported.
2014
114
1364
1392
Invariance of molecular response properties under a coordinate translation / Lazzeretti, Paolo. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF QUANTUM CHEMISTRY. - ISSN 0020-7608. - STAMPA. - 114:(2014), pp. 1364-1392. [10.1002/qua.24662]
Lazzeretti, Paolo
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