Relativistic Cavity Quantum Electrodynamical Algebraic Diagrammatic Construction Method for Strong Light-Matter Coupling
Abstract
We present the relativistic four-component implementation of cavity quantum electrodynamical algebraic diagrammatic construction theory at second order (4c-QED-EE-ADC(2)) for the ab initio treatment of light-matter interactions. Starting from the unitary-transformed, origin-invariant Pauli-Fierz Hamiltonian, a rigorous four-component Dirac-Hartree-Fock formulation including cavity effects is considered, forming the basis of the 4c-QED-EE-ADC(2) framework. Two variants are implemented, allowing cavity effects to be introduced either at the relativistic mean-field or exclusively at the electron-correlation level. Applications to Hg, AuH, and halogen hydrides demonstrate that cavity coupling significantly modifies relativistic excitation spectra, induces strong state mixing, and enables tunable polaritonic features. Potential energy surface calculations for HBr further reveal cavity-induced qualitative changes in excited-state surfaces. It is also observed that the inclusion of photonic degrees of freedom leads to a moderate computational overhead of approximately three to five times relative to standard 4c-EE-ADC(2).
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BibTeX
@misc{chakraborty2026relativistic,
title = {{Relativistic Cavity Quantum Electrodynamical Algebraic Diagrammatic Construction Method for Strong Light-Matter Coupling}},
author = {Sudipta Chakraborty and Amrita Manna and Lukas Konecny and Achintya Kumar Dutta},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.33458},
eprint = {2610.33458},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.33458},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Relativistic Cavity Quantum Electrodynamical Algebraic Diagrammatic Construction Method for Strong Light-Matter Coupling
AU - Sudipta Chakraborty
AU - Amrita Manna
AU - Lukas Konecny
AU - Achintya Kumar Dutta
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/24
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.33458
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.33458
AB - We present the relativistic four-component implementation of cavity quantum electrodynamical algebraic diagrammatic construction theory at second order (4c-QED-EE-ADC(2)) for the ab initio treatment of light-matter interactions. Starting from the unitary-transformed, origin-invariant Pauli-Fierz Hamiltonian, a rigorous four-component Dirac-Hartree-Fock formulation including cavity effects is considered, forming the basis of the 4c-QED-EE-ADC(2) framework. Two variants are implemented, allowing cavity effects to be introduced either at the relativistic mean-field or exclusively at the electron-correlation level. Applications to Hg, AuH, and halogen hydrides demonstrate that cavity coupling significantly modifies relativistic excitation spectra, induces strong state mixing, and enables tunable polaritonic features. Potential energy surface calculations for HBr further reveal cavity-induced qualitative changes in excited-state surfaces. It is also observed that the inclusion of photonic degrees of freedom leads to a moderate computational overhead of approximately three to five times relative to standard 4c-EE-ADC(2).
ER -