Continuous transitions between quantum states in molecules include both chaotic and regular electron and nuclear motion (IMAGE)

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Continuous transitions between quantum states in molecules include both chaotic and regular electron and nuclear motion

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Quantum nano-mechanics. Quantum jumps in atomic physics. Continuous transitions between quantum states in quantum‒classical mechanics for molecular and chemical physics involve both chaotic (dozy chaos) and regular components of electronic and nuclear joint motion. In quantum mechanics, the chaotic component in molecular and chemical physics is ignored, though it’s always present. In strong dozy chaos in molecular physics, quantum‒classical mechanics matches quantum mechanics when the regular component is negligible. In weak dozy chaos in chemical physics, nuclear reorganization under Egorov nano-resonance conditions aligns with the regular electron motion, explaining the narrow J-band in J-aggregates.

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Vladimir Valentinovich Egorov/ National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”

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