Quantum hydrodynamics of coupled electron-nuclear systems

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2310.08766v1
• Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2023 23:26:27 GMT
• Title: Quantum hydrodynamics of coupled electron-nuclear systems
• Authors: Rocco Martinazzo and Irene Burghardt
• Abstract summary: The quantum dynamics of electron-nuclear systems is analyzed from the perspective of the exact factorization of the wavefunction. For pure states this is accomplished with a quantum hydrodynamical description of the nuclear dynamics and electronic density operators tied to the fluid elements. The theory presented here bridges exact quantum dynamics with several mixed quantum-classical approaches currently in use to tackle non-adiabatic molecular problems.
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• Abstract: The quantum dynamics of electron-nuclear systems is analyzed from the perspective of the exact factorization of the wavefunction, with the aim of defining gauge invariant equations of motion for both the nuclei and the electrons. For pure states this is accomplished with a quantum hydrodynamical description of the nuclear dynamics and electronic density operators tied to the fluid elements. For statistical mixtures of states the exact factorization approach is extended to two limiting situations that we call "type-n" and "type-e" mixtures, depending on whether the nuclei or the electrons are, respectively, in an intrinsically mixed state. In both cases a fully gauge invariant formulation of the dynamics is obtained again in hydrodynamic form with the help of mechanical momentum moments (MMMs). Nuclear MMMs extend in a gauge invariant way the ordinary momentum moments of the Wigner distribution associated with a density matrix of positional variables, electron MMMs are operator-valued and represent a generalization of the (conditional) density operators used for pure states. The theory presented here bridges exact quantum dynamics with several mixed quantum-classical approaches currently in use to tackle non-adiabatic molecular problems, offering a foundation for systematic improvements. It further connects to non-adiabatic theories in condensed-phase systems. As an example, we re-derive the finite-temperature theory of electronic friction of Dou, Miao \& Subotnik (Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 046001 (2017)) from the dynamics of "type-e" mixtures and discuss possible improvements.

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