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The Jahn Teller effect (JTE), also called Jahn Teller distortion, is the spontaneous geometrical distortion of a nonlinear molecule to lower the overall energy of the system by breaking the degeneracy of a ground or excited state. | ==Introduction== | ||
The Jahn-Teller effect (JTE), also called Jahn Teller distortion, is the spontaneous geometrical distortion of a nonlinear molecule to lower the overall energy of the system by breaking the degeneracy of a ground or excited state. | |||
==Solution To The Jahn-Teller Problem for an Idealized System == | |||
==The Renner-Teller Effect == | |||
== Effects of Jahn-Teller Distortion == | |||
==References== | |||
[1] M. Born and R. J. Oppenheimer, ''Ann. Physik (Leipzig)'' '''89,''' 457 (1927) | |||
[2] H.A. Jahn and E. Teller. ''Proc. Roy. Soc. A,'' '''161,''' 220 (1937) | |||
[3] R. Englman, ''The Jahn-Teller Effect in Molecules and Crystals'' John Wiley and Sons, 1972 | |||
Revision as of 17:00, 9 November 2010
Introduction
The Jahn-Teller effect (JTE), also called Jahn Teller distortion, is the spontaneous geometrical distortion of a nonlinear molecule to lower the overall energy of the system by breaking the degeneracy of a ground or excited state.
Solution To The Jahn-Teller Problem for an Idealized System
The Renner-Teller Effect
Effects of Jahn-Teller Distortion
References
[1] M. Born and R. J. Oppenheimer, Ann. Physik (Leipzig) 89, 457 (1927)
[2] H.A. Jahn and E. Teller. Proc. Roy. Soc. A, 161, 220 (1937)
[3] R. Englman, The Jahn-Teller Effect in Molecules and Crystals John Wiley and Sons, 1972