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==Introduction== | ==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. | 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. | ||
==The Born-Oppenheimer Approximation== | |||
==Solution To The Jahn-Teller Problem for an Idealized System == | ==Solution To The Jahn-Teller Problem for an Idealized System == | ||
Revision as of 10:56, 12 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.
The Born-Oppenheimer Approximation
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