Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2003-10-31
Phys. Rev. A 71, 043203 (2005)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
10 pages with 7 figures included; thoroughly revised with a new coauthor; final minor changes
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevA.71.043203
Triangular symmetric molecules with mirror symmetry perpendicular to the 3-fold axis are forbidden to have a fixed electrical dipole moment. However, if the ground state is orbitally degenerate and lacks inversion symmetry, then a ``quantum'' dipole moment does exist. The system of 3 electrons in D_3h symmetry is our example. This system is realized in triatomic molecules like Na_3. Unlike the fixed dipole of a molecule like water, the quantum moment does not point in a fixed direction, but lies in the plane of the molecule and takes quantized values +/- mu_0 along any direction of measurement in the plane. An electric field F in the plane leads to a linear Stark splitting +/- mu_0 F}. We introduce a toy model to study the effect of Jahn-Teller distortions on the quantum dipole moment. We find that the quantum dipole property survives when the dynamic Jahn-Teller effect is included, if the distortion of the molecule is small. Linear Stark splittings are suppressed in low fields by molecular rotation, just as the linear Stark shift of water is suppressed, but will be revealed in moderately large applied fields and low temperatures. Coulomb correlations also give a partial suppression.
Abanov Alexander G.
Allen Philip B.
Requist Ryan
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