|
|
|
The electronic transition between the ground and excited states is described by the respective total electronic wave functions, which are not simply a single molecular orbital (such as HOMO, LUMO). In a single-electron approximation, the total eletronic wave funtion is represented by a Slater determinant in terms of occupied MOs. Beyond this approximation, the total wave function is way more complex. Even in the single determinant case, as the simplest, the eletron hoppping between HOMO and LUMO is still a wrong picture for eletronic transition. |
|