https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201920503009
A new method to calculate ultrafast electron dynamics in molecules based on matrix product states
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Hamburg, Jungiusstraße 9, 20355 Hamburg
* e-mail: lars-hendrik.frahm@physnet.uni-hamburg.de
** e-mail: daniela.pfannkuche@physnet.uni-hamburg.de
Published online: 16 April 2019
We propose a new method to describe electron dynamics in molecules on the scale of femtoseconds. It is based on factorizing the electronic wave function into a matrix product state and using this factorization to solve the time dependent Schrodinger equation.
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