For a rigorous quantum simulation of nonadiabatic dynamics of electrons and nuclei, knowledge of not only the first-order but also the second-order nonadiabatic couplings (NACs) is required. Here, we propose a method to efficiently calculate the second-order NAC from time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT), on the basis of the Casida ansatz adapted for the computation of first-order NA...

PURPOSE To investigate the efficacy of a computerized visual acuity test, the SNU visual acuity test for children. METHODS Fifty-six children, ranging from 1 to 5 years of age, were included. In a dark room, children gazed at and followed a circular dot with 50% contrast moving at a fixed velocity of 10 pixels/sec on a computer monitor. Eye movement was captured using a charge coupled device ...

The concept of symmetry and its breaking holds a special and important place in the physical sciences. One of the best known examples of such symmetry breaking is the Jahn-Teller effect. In their original paper, Jahn and Teller demonstrated(Jahn & Teller 1937) that a symmetry-dictated electronic degeneracy will always be raised by a non-totally symmetric distortion linear in nuclear coordinates...

In a wireless network comprising some receivers and a truth-teller transmitter, an attacker adds a malicious evil-twin transmitter to the network such that the evil-twin lies about its true identity and transmits like the truth-teller transmitter in the network. The truth-teller transmitter may be a malicious transmitter as well, but it is honest in that it doesn’t lie about its identity. The e...

Narrow-band conductors may turn insulating and magnetic as a consequence of strong electron-electron correlation. In molecular conductors, the concomitance of a strong Jahn-Teller coupling may give rise to the alternative possibility of a non-magnetic insulator, with or without a static cooperative Jahn-Teller distortion. In the latter case the insulator has Mott-like properties, with an intere...

The Jahn-Teller and spin-orbit coupling in the ground states of the CF3O and CF3S radicals have been investigated experimentally by dispersed fluorescence spectroscopy. These spectra are analyzed using a theoretical model that simultaneously includes spin-orbit coupling and multimode Jahn-Teller, both linear and quadratic. We find that in each of these radicals a moderate linear Jahn-Teller eff...