Magnetic coupling between nuclear motion and nuclear spins in molecules

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Hauptverfasser: Diez, Matthias, Krondorfer, Johannes K., Hirtenfelder, Albert, Hauser, Andreas W.
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author Diez, Matthias
Krondorfer, Johannes K.
Hirtenfelder, Albert
Hauser, Andreas W.
author_facet Diez, Matthias
Krondorfer, Johannes K.
Hirtenfelder, Albert
Hauser, Andreas W.
contents Among the possible types of magnetic dipole interactions in molecular systems, couplings between nuclear motion and the nuclear spin have probably received the least attention in molecular spectroscopy. Although very small in comparison to effects related to electron spin, this type of hyperfine interaction plays an important role in the NMR spectroscopy of molecular systems. While measurement and prediction of spin-rotation tensors are a common place, vibrationally induced effects still lack a comprehensive description. In this article we develop a generic, theoretical framework that is well embedded in modern electronic structure theory and inspired by the Breit-Pauli Hamiltonian for electronic interactions, distinguishing between nuclear spin-orbit and spin-other-orbit contributions. We show that the interaction of nuclear spins with pseudorotational excitations of highly symmetric molecules may lead to experimentally accessible hyperfine splittings in NMR spectra, triggered by infrared light.
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spellingShingle Magnetic coupling between nuclear motion and nuclear spins in molecules
Diez, Matthias
Krondorfer, Johannes K.
Hirtenfelder, Albert
Hauser, Andreas W.
Chemical Physics
Quantum Physics
Among the possible types of magnetic dipole interactions in molecular systems, couplings between nuclear motion and the nuclear spin have probably received the least attention in molecular spectroscopy. Although very small in comparison to effects related to electron spin, this type of hyperfine interaction plays an important role in the NMR spectroscopy of molecular systems. While measurement and prediction of spin-rotation tensors are a common place, vibrationally induced effects still lack a comprehensive description. In this article we develop a generic, theoretical framework that is well embedded in modern electronic structure theory and inspired by the Breit-Pauli Hamiltonian for electronic interactions, distinguishing between nuclear spin-orbit and spin-other-orbit contributions. We show that the interaction of nuclear spins with pseudorotational excitations of highly symmetric molecules may lead to experimentally accessible hyperfine splittings in NMR spectra, triggered by infrared light.
title Magnetic coupling between nuclear motion and nuclear spins in molecules
topic Chemical Physics
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.19588