Resonance Lifetimes from Complex Densities

ORAL

Abstract

The \emph{ab-initio} calculation of resonance lifetimes of metastable anions challenges modern quantum-chemical methods. The exact lifetime of the lowest-energy resonance is encoded into a complex ``density'' that can be obtained via complex-coordinate scaling. Using one and two electron examples, we illustrate a method for extracting the lifetime from the complex density and explore a Kohn-Sham analog for resonances.

*Support from the Petroleum Research Fund grant No.PRF \# 49599-DNI6.

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Authors

  • Daniel Whitenack

    • Department of Physics, Purdue University

  • Adam Wasserman

    • Department of Chemistry, Purdue University
    • Dept. of Chemistry, Purdue University