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¹Department of Chemistry, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven , Celestijnenlaan 200F, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium.

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Area of Science:

Quantum mechanics
Mathematical physics

Background:

The E ⊗ e Jahn-Teller model describes important vibronic interactions in molecules.
Solving these models often involves complex mathematical frameworks.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a novel method for quantizing solutions of the E ⊗ e Jahn-Teller Hamiltonian.
To analyze the derived solutions and compare them with existing methods.

Main Methods:

Utilizing the Bargmann-Fock representation for the E ⊗ e Jahn-Teller Hamiltonian.
Transforming the Hamiltonian into a system of coupled first-order differential equations in Birkhoff standard form.
Deriving general leapfrog recurrence relations to obtain quantized solutions.

Main Results:

Successfully derived quantized solutions for the E ⊗ e Jahn-Teller system.
Established a connection between the derived solutions and the Rabi Hamiltonian quantization scheme.
Demonstrated the efficacy of the leapfrog recurrence relations.

Conclusions:

The developed method provides an effective way to obtain quantized solutions for the E ⊗ e Jahn-Teller model.
The findings offer insights into the mathematical treatment of vibronic interactions.
This approach facilitates comparisons with other quantum mechanical models.