Parity-violation contribution to nuclear spin-rotation constants

Introduction

In this tutorial we introduce the calculation of parity violation contribution to nuclear spin-rotation tensors as given in the DIRAC code.

The parity-violation contribution to nuclear spin-rotation (PVCNSR) tensor of a nucleus \(N\) is given by

\[{\bf M}_N^{PV} = \; \frac{-\hslash}{h} \frac{G_F \, (1-4sen^2\theta_W)}{\sqrt{2} \, c} \, \lambda_N \; \langle \langle \rho_N({\bf r}) \, c \, {\bf \alpha} \; ; \; {\bf J}_e\rangle\rangle \; \cdot \; {\bf I}^{-1}\]

where \(\rho_N({\bf r})\) is the normalized nuclear charge density; \({\bf I}\) is the inertia tensor of the molecule and \({\bf J}_e = \left({\bf r} - {\bf R}_{CM} \right) \times {\bf p}+{\bf S}_e\) is the electronic total angular momentum.

Application to the H2O2 molecule

As an example, we show a calculation of the PV contribution to the NSR constant of the oxygen nucleus at the Hydrogen peroxide molecule. The input file pvcsr.inp is given by

**DIRAC
.TITLE
 Parity-violation contribution to spin-rotation
.WAVE FUNCTION
.PROPERTIES
**HAMILTONIAN
.URKBAL
**INTEGRALS
.SELECT
 1
 3
*READIN
.UNCONTRACT
**WAVE FUNCTIONS
.SCF
*SCF
.EVCCNV
1.0E-7
**PROPERTIES
.PVCSR
.PRINT
2
*LINEAR RESPONSE
.THRESH
1.0D-7
*END OF

whereas the molecular input file H2O2.mol is

INTGRL
H2O2 molecule
cc-pVDZ basis
C   2    0
       1.     2
H1    -0.690815           -1.726149            1.667775
H2     0.690815            1.726149            1.667775
LARGE BASIS cc-pVDZ
       8.     2
O3     0.000000           -1.407846            0.000000
O4     0.000000            1.407846            0.000000
LARGE BASIS cc-pVDZ
FINISH

The calculation is run using:

pam --inp=pvcsr --mol=H2O2

As a result, PVCNSR are obtained at the coupled Hartree-Fock level. The code also works at the DFT level.

Reading the output file

As the PROPERTIES_.PRINT flag in the input file is set to 1, the results are fully detailed and given in Hz.

The PVCNSR of the oxygen nucleus will look like:

Parity-violation contribution to nuclear spin-rotation constant (Hz) for the zero-value g-factor nucleus O3
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  WARNING: Nuclear g-value NOT available for isotope of mass   15.995


                   Total PVC to nuclear spin-rotation constant
                   -------------------------------------------

   A       -0.17995229E-05  0.38632077E-05  0.55199909E-05
   B       -0.58143612E-04  0.16007781E-05 -0.10392856E-03
   C       -0.11600712E-03  0.11286829E-03 -0.17978966E-05

   iso     -0.66554712E-06


                                   M^LR-L(e-e)
                                   -----------

   A       -0.18709065E-05  0.38692922E-05  0.55349517E-05
   B       -0.58168472E-04  0.15874564E-05 -0.10396608E-03
   C       -0.11602249E-03  0.11290509E-03 -0.17906721E-05

   iso     -0.69137409E-06


                                   M^LR-S(e-e)
                                   -----------

   A        0.71236835E-07 -0.52291482E-08 -0.13478821E-07
   B        0.13889115E-07  0.13475745E-07  0.14222802E-07
   C       -0.65750397E-08 -0.11806627E-07 -0.73909112E-08

   iso      0.25773890E-07


                                   M^LR-L(e-p)
                                   -----------

   A        0.14586154E-09 -0.88205576E-09 -0.15419970E-08
   B        0.11276044E-07 -0.15416722E-09  0.23348137E-07
   C        0.22681711E-07 -0.25045439E-07  0.16651050E-09

   iso      0.52734939E-10


                                   M^LR-S(e-p)
                                   -----------

   A        0.96137869E-12  0.26634709E-10  0.60015457E-10
   B       -0.30494980E-09  0.15492645E-12 -0.54368827E-10
   C       -0.73067273E-09  0.57770647E-10 -0.81830548E-13

   iso      0.34482486E-12

As it can be seen, the total SR constant of the oxygen nucleus is given. The linear response function is further separated in their (e-e) and (e-p) parts, as well as in their \(\mathbf{L}\) and \(\mathbf{S}\) parts.