Dynamical Jahn-Teller effect of fullerene anions

Dan Liu, Naoya Iwahara, Liviu F. Chibotaru

The dynamical Jahn-Teller effect of C${}_{60}^{n-}$ anions ($n=$ 1-5) is studied using the numerical diagonalization of the linear $p^n\otimes 8d$ Jahn-Teller Hamiltonian with the…