Demonstration of onset of Jahn-Teller (JT) intersections, characterized by a topological phase of π, on introduction of bending in the collinear tetra-atomic C 2H 2 + cation, originally a Renner-Teller (RT) system, has raised interest in the study of the generality of this phenomenon. This interest has initiated similar study by shifting one external light atom from the collinear molecular axes of systems such as HCNH and HC 2O. Recent studies have revealed that slightly bent HCNH poses a specialty in this regard and thus demands focused attention. In the present work we performed a combined study using both the potential intersections and the angular nonadiabatic coupling terms (NACTs) and report two new results: (i) The first result is the appearance of the JT conical intersections (ci's) between the two lowest states of a slightly bent HCNH molecule (1 2A′ and 1 2A-3, originated from collinear X 2Π state) only with certain nonplanar configurations, in contrast to its appearance in C S configuration space (molecular plane) for slightly bent C 2H 2 +, HC 2O, or some other tetra-atomics. This is also associated with the first time demonstration of Berry phase for such a single isolated ci for HCNH molecule. (ii) For energetically higher potentials of slightly bent HCNH, the present study reveals the existence of the intersection of the state 1 2A-3 with the state 2 2A′ (originated from the collinear 1 2Σ + state); in contrast to the (1,2) ci this appears in the molecular plane. The search for ci's has been performed by varying the distances of the two H-atoms (designated as H C and H N) from the C-N axis as well as the dihedral angle φ between the two planes (H C,C,N) and (C,N,H N). Existence of these JT ci's results in deterioration of a two-state Hilbert subspace (HSS) model in diabatization, while the proper choice of an n (&gt;2)-state HSS circumvents this problem. © 2012 American Chemical Society.

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Journal of Physical Chemistry A

The current decade has seen illuminating and extensive study of interplay of topological effects such as Renner–Teller and Jahn–Teller (JT) effects in small molecules. Study of such effects in HCNH molecule showed an interesting feature that for slightly bent system, a pair of JT conical interactions (CIs) appear only for certain nonplanar configuration, in contrast to its appearance in CS configuration (molecular plane) for C2H2 +. Moreover, since the feature of appearance of JT-CIs in two 2Σ+ states of HCNH in some bent configuration may be critically associated to the abundance of HNC in interstellar spaces, as advocated recently by Das and Mukhopadhyay (J. Phys. Chem. 117, 8680 (2013)), the interest in such topological studies have remained relevant. In this article we have investigated such topological effects for slightly bent N2H2 + and HBNH+. Interestingly, the appearance of JT-CIs are, for HBNH+, in molecular plane while for N2H2 +, in certain nonplanar configuration, in sharp contrast to the effect in the otherwise similar pair of molecular systems, C2H2 + and HCNH. © 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

Molecular Physics

Topological effects in low-lying electronic states of linear N2H2 + and HBNH+ associated with onset of bending

While a wealth of studies exist on the potential energy surface (PES) for the F + H2 reaction, exploration of the effect of conical intersections (CIs on the corresponding adiabatic PES has only been initiated. In this respect, a recent emphasis on the specific role of the Jahn-Teller (JT) CI between the two lowest states has shown that the adiabatic-to-diabatic transformation (ADT) angle (mixing angle), γ12, between these two states deviates largely from its quantized value of π for configuration spaces with F close to the H-H system. Hence, investigating the effect of the other CIs present, involving the higher states, on the reactive channel is necessary. In this article, we report for the first time the collinear (2, 3), (3, 4) and (4, 5) JT CIs in this system and also reveal their major effects on γ12, which is instrumental in the diabatization of the PES for the title reaction system. © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Chemical Physics

Jahn-Teller intersections involving excited states of the F + H2 system: Identification and influence on the reaction system

The present study concentrates on a situation where a Renner-Teller (RT) system is entangled with Jahn-Teller (JT) conical intersections. Studies of this type were performed in the past for contours that surround the RT seam located along the collinear axis see, for instance, G. J. Halász, Á. Vibók, R. Baer, and M. Baer, J. Chem. Phys. 125, 094102 (2006). The present study is characterized by planar contours that intersect the collinear axis, thus, forming a unique type of RT-non-adiabatic coupling terms (NACT) expressed in terms of Dirac-δ functions. Consequently, to calculate the required adiabatic-to-diabatic (mixing) angles, a new approach is developed. During this study we revealed the existence of a novel molecular parameter, η, which yields the coupling between the RT and the JT NACTs. This parameter was found to be a pure number η = 22/π (and therefore independent of any particular molecular system) and is designated as Renner-Jahn coupling parameter. The present study also reveals an unexpected result of the following kind: It is well known that each (complete) group of states, responsible for either the JT-effect or the RT-effect, forms a Hilbert space of its own. However, the entanglement between these two effects forms a third effect, namely, the RT/JT effect and the states that take part in it form a different Hilbert space. © 2013 American Institute of Physics.

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Journal of Chemical Physics

A tri-atomic Renner-Teller system entangled with Jahn-Teller conical intersections

A few years back T. Vértesi et al. (J Phys Chem A 2005, 109, 3476) gave an elegant procedure to derive the adiabatic-to-diabatic transformation angle (ADT-angle) for lowest two states, γ 12, in presence of their interaction with the higher states. In this article, we explicitly solved the coupled differential equations involving the ADT-angles describing the mixing of four interacting states for the first time to get all the ADT-angles, γ ij's (including the γ 12) associated with well-defined topological phases. In application to a suitable configuration space (CS) of a molecular system, we have demonstrated well-defined Berry phases (Berry M. V., R Soc London Ser A 1984, 45, 392) for an isolated system with as many as four strongly interacting states. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Copyright © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

International Journal of Quantum Chemistry

The adiabatic-to-diabatic transformation angle and topological phases for strongly interacting states: Solution with four states

We perform ab initio calculation using MOLPRO on the 22E ′ and 12A1′ states of Na3 cluster and explore for locating the point of conical intersections (CIs) in the configuration space (CS). The functional form of Non-Adiabatic Coupling Term (NACT) between the 22E′ states indicates the presence of singularity at four points in the CS. While performing Adiabatic-to-Diabatic Transformation (ADT) [Chem. Phys. Lett. 35 (1975) 112] by employing three state NACTs, two diagonal elements of ADT matrix display four sign changes as a signature of four CIs. Moreover, the locations of those CIs are confirmed by Longuet-Higgins' theorem. © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Chemical Physics Letters

Conical intersections in 22Eâ€² states of Na 3 cluster

The tetra-atomic C2 H2+ cation is known to form Renner-Teller-type intersections along its collinear axis. Not too long ago, we studied the nonadiabatic coupling terms (NACTs) of this molecule [G. J. Halász, J. Chem. Phys. 126, 154309 (2007)] and revealed two kinds of intersections. (i) By employing one of the hydrogens as a test particle, we revealed the fact that indeed the corresponding (angular) NACTs produce topological (Berry) phases that are equal to 2π , which is a result anticipated in the case of Renner-Teller intersections. (ii) However, to our big surprise, repeating this study when one of the atoms (in this case a hydrogen) is shifted from the collinear arrangement yields for the corresponding topological phase a value that equals π (and not 2π ). In other words, shifting (even slightly) one of the atoms from the collinear arrangement causes the intersection to change its character and become a Jahn-Teller intersection. This somewhat unexpected novel result was later further analyzed and confirmed by other groups [e.g., T. Vertesi and R. Englman, J. Phys. B 41, 025102 (2008)]. The present article is devoted to another tetra-atomic molecule, namely, the H2 CN molecule, which just like the C2 H2+ ion, is characterized by Renner-Teller intersections along its collinear axis. Indeed, we revealed the existence of Renner-Teller intersections along the collinear axis, but in contrast to the C2 H2+ case a shift of one atom from the collinear arrangement did not form Jahn-Teller intersections. What we found instead is that the noncollinear molecule was not affected by the shift and kept its Renner-Teller character. Another issue treated in this article is the extension of (the two-state) Berry (topological) phase to situations with numerous strongly interacting states. So far the relevance of the Berry phase was tested for systems characterized by two isolated interacting states, although it is defined for any number of interacting states [M. V. Berry, Proc. R. Soc. London, Ser. A 392, 45 (1984)]. We intend to show how to overcome this limitation and get a valid, fully justified definition of a Berry phase for an isolated system of any number of interacting states (as is expected). © 2010 American Institute of Physics.

Journal	Journal of Physical Chemistry A
Publisher	AMER CHEMICAL SOC
ISSN	1089-5639
Open Access	No