DOI: 10.1063/1.1558471 ISSN:

Natural transition orbitals

Richard L. Martin
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • General Physics and Astronomy

A means of finding a compact orbital representation for the electronic transition density matrix is described. The technique utilizes the corresponding orbital transformation of Amos and Hall and allows a dramatic simplification in the qualitative description of an electronic transition.

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