Prof. Dr. Tucker Carrington

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsTheoretical Chemistry: Electron Structure, Dynamics, Simulation
Keywordsmolecular vibrations, numerical methods, quantum dynamics
Honours and awards

2017: Alexander von Humboldt Research Award

2017: Canada Research Chair (Tier I)

2017: Fellow of the American Physical Society (chemical physics division)

2014: John C. Polanyi Award of the Canadian Society for Chemistry

2013: Gerhard Herzberg award of the Canadian Society for Analytical Sciences and Spectroscopy

1999: Fellow of the Chemical Institute of Canada

1999: Noranda Lecture Award of the Canadian Society for Chemistry

1988: FCAR of Québec

1988: NSERC of Canada University Research Fellow

Current contact address

CountryCanada
CityKingston
InstitutionQueen's University at Kingston
InstituteDepartment of Chemistry

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang DomckeInstitut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Technische Universität München, Garching
Prof. Dr. Lorenz S CederbaumPhysikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg
Prof. Dr. Uwe MantheLehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie, Universität Bielefeld, Bielefeld
Start of initial sponsorship01/08/1994

Programme(s)

1994Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme
2016Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Carrington is one of the world’s leading experts in the development and application of quantum dynamics methods. He is particularly interested in the accurate investigation of vibrational spectra. He continues to contribute key ideas to the development of new numerical and theoretical techniques which facilitate accurate calculations for molecular systems of increasing size. During his stay in Germany, he will pursue new ideas for studying quantum dynamics in high dimensionality.

Publications (partial selection)

2018Tucker Carrington, Sergei Manzhos, Xiao-Gang Wang: A multimode-like scheme for selecting the centers of Gaussian basis functions when computing vibrational spectra. In: Chem. Phys. , 2018, 139-144
2018Tucker Carrington, Robert Wodraszka: A new collocation-based multi-configuration time-dependent Hartree (MCTDH) approach for solving the Schroedinger equation with a general potential energy surface. In: J. Chem. Phys., 2018, 1-26
2018Tucker Carrington, Hubert Cybulski, Christian Henriksen, Richard Dawes et al. Ab initio study of the CO-N2 complex: a new highly accurate intermolecular potential energy surface and rovibrational spectrum. In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2018, 1-13
2018Tucker Carrington, Gustavo Avila, Jens Oettershagen: Comparing nested sequences of Leja and PseudoGauss points to interpolate in 1 D and solve the Schroedinger equation in 9D. In: Garcke, J., Pflüger, D., Webster, C.G., Zhang, G. Sparse Grids and Applications Conference Miami 2016. Springer International Publishing, 2018. 1-17
2018Tucker Carrington, Gustavo Avila, Jens Oettershagen: Comparing nested sequences of Leja and PseudoGauss points to interpolate in 1D and solve the Schroedinger equation in 9D. In: Jochen Garcke, Dirk Pflüger et al., Proceedings of the Sparse Grids and Applications Conference - Miami 2016. Springer International Publishing, 2018.
2018Tucker Carrington, Zhiqiang Zhao, Jun Chen, Zhaojun Zhang, Dong H. Zhang, Xiao-Gang Wang, Fabien Gatti: Full-dimensional calculations of rovibrational levels of five-atom molecules using two different strategies: Applications to CH4, CHD3, CH3D and CH3F. In: J. Chem. Phys. , 2018, 1-25
2018Tucker Carrington: Iterative methods for computing vibrational spectra. In: Mathematics, MDPI, 2018, 1-14
2018Tucker Carrington, Aditya Kamath, Rodrigo Vargas-Hernandez, Roman V. Krems, Sergei Manzhos: Neural Networks vs Gaussian Process Regression for Representing Potential Energy Surfaces: a Comparative Study of Fit Quality and Vibrational Spectrum Accuracy. In: Journal of Chemical Physics, 2018,
2018Tucker Carrington: Using iterative eigensolvers to compute vibrational spectra. In: K. Birgitta Whaley, Advances in Chemical Physics. Whiley, 2018. 217-243
2018Tucker Carrington, Sergei Manzhos: Using rectangular collocation with finite difference derivatives to solve electronic Schrödinger equation. In: J. Chem. Phys., 2018, 1-19
2017Tucker Carrington, Xiao-Gang Wang A numerically exact full dimensional calculation of rovibrational levels of water dimer. In: J. Chem. Phys., 2017, 1-18
2017Tucker Carrington, Phillip S. Thomas: An intertwindes method for making low-rank, sum-of-product basis functions that makes it posssible to compute vibrational spectra of molecules with more than 10 atoms. In: Journal of Chem. Phys. , 2017,
2017Tucker Carrington: Computing (ro-)vibrational spectra of molecules with more than four atoms. In: Journal of Chemical Physics, 2017, 1-11
2017Tucker Carrington, Gustavo Avila: Computing vibrational energy levels of CH 4 with a Smolyak collocation method. In: Journal of Chem. Physics, 2017,
2017Tucker Carrington, Gustavo Avila: Reducing the cost of using collocation to compute vibrational energy levels: results for CH 2 NH. In: Journal of Chem. Phys. , 2017, 1-26
2017Tucker Carrington, Robert Wodraszka: Systematically expanding nondirect product bases within the pruned multi-confirguration time-dependent Hartree (MCTDH) method: A comparison with multi-layer MCTDH. In: Journal of Chem. Phys., 2017, 1-19
2017Tucker Carrington, Jalal Norooz Oliaee, N. Moazzen-Ahmadi et al. The He 2 - OCS compley: comparison between theory and experiment. In: Chemical Physics Lett. , 2017, 1-26
2017Tucker Carrington, Xiao-Gang Wang: Using monomer vibrational wavefunctions as contracted basis functions to compute rovibrational levels of an H2O-atom complex in full dimensionality. In: Journal of Chemical Physics, 2017, 1-41
2017Tucker Carrington, Pushp Bajaj, Xiao-Gang Wang, Francesco Paesani : Vibrational Spectra of Halide-Water Dimers: Insights on Ion Hydration from Full-Dimensional Quantum Calculations on Many-Body Potential Energy Surfaces. In: Journal of Chem. Physics, 2017,
2016Tucker Carrington, Sergei Manzhos: Using an internal coordinate Gaussian basis and a space-fixed Cartesian coordinate kinetic energy operator to compute a vibrational spectrum with rectangular collocation. In: Journal of Chemical Physics, 2016,
2002R.J. Littlejohn, M. Cargo, Tucker Carrington, K.A. Mitchell, B. Poirier: A general framework for discrete variable representation basis sets. In: J. Chem. Phys., 2002, 8691-8703
2002B. Poirier, Tucker Carrington: A preconditioned inexact spectral transform method for calculating resonance energies and widths, as applied to HCO. In: J. Chem. Phys., 2002, 1215-1227
2002V. Mandelshtam, Tucker Carrington: Comment on `Spectral filters in quantum mechanics: A measurement theory perspective`. In: Phys. Rev. E., 2002, 028701-1-028701-5
2002Xiao-Gang Wang, Tucker Carrington: New ideas for using contracted basis functions with a Lanczos eigensolver for computing vibrational spectra of molecules with four or more atoms. In: J. Chem. Phys., 2002, 6923-6934
2001D. Richer, Tucker Carrington: A simple equation including anharmonic effects for the vibrational polarisability of a diatomic molecule. In: Chem. Phys. Lett., 2001, 317-320
2001Xiao-Gang Wang, Tucker Carrington: A six-dimensional variational calculation of the bending energy levels of HF trimer and DF trimer. In: J. Chem. Phys., 2001, 9781-9796
2001Xiao-Gang Wang, Tucker Carrington: A symmetry-adapted Lanczos method for calculating energy levels with different symmetries from a single set of iterations. In: J. Chem. Phys., 2001, 1473-1477
2001B. Poirier, Tucker Carrington: Accelerating the calculation of energy levels and wavefunctions using an efficient preconditioner with an inexact spectral transform method. In: J. Chem. Phys., 2001, 9254-9264
2001Xiao-Gang Wang, Tucker Carrington: An exact kinetic energy operator for (HF)3 in terms of local polar and azimuthal angles. In: Canadian Journal of Physics - Gerhard Herzberg Memorial Issue, 2001, 623-639
2001Xioa-Gang Wang, Tucker Carrington: The utility of constraining basis function indices when using the Lanczos algorithm to calculate vibrational energy levels. In: J. Phys. Chem. A, 2001, 2575-2581
2001Shi-Wei Huang, Tucker Carrington: Using the symmetric quasi-minimal residuals method to accelerate an inexact spectral transform calculation of energy levels and wavefunctions. In: J. Chem. Phys., 2001, 6485-6486
2001P. Calaminici, A. Koester, Tucker Carrington, P.-N. Roy, N. Russo, D.R. Salahub: V3: Structure and vibrations from density functional theory, Franck-Condon factors and the PFI-ZEKE spectrum. In: J. Chem. Phys., 2001, 4036-4044
2000Shi-Wei Huang, Tucker Carrington: A new iterative method for calculating energy levels and wavefunctions. In: J. Chem. Phys. , 2000, 8765-8771
2000Xiao-Gang Wang, Tucker Carrington: A simple method for deriving kinetic energy operators. In: J. Chem. Phys., 2000, 7097-7101
2000Shi-Wei Huang, Tucker Carrington: Calculating interior eigenvalues and eigenvectors with an implicitly restarted and a filter diagonalisation method. In: Journal of Applied Numerical Mathematics, 2000, 307-316
2000J.C. Light, Tucker Carrington: Discrete variable representations and their utilization. In: Advances in Chemical Physics, 2000, 263-310
2000Tucker Carrington: Review of 'Theory and applications of quantum molecular dynamics' by John Z.H. Zhang. In: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2000, 6339
2000I.P. Hamilton, Xudong T. Wong, Tucker Carrington: Ro-vibrational energy levels for HF2+ The effect of rotation on vibrational splittings for proton transfer. In: J. Chem. Phys. , 2000, 7273-7275
2000Tucker Carrington: The advantage of writing kinetic energy operators in polyspherical curvilinear coordinates in terms of z1=cos phi i. In: J. Chem. Phys., 2000, 4413-4414
1999Shi-Wei Huang, Tucker Carrington: A comparison of filter diagonalisation methods with the Lanczos method for calculating vibrational energy levels. In: Chem. Phys. Lett. , 1999, 311-318
1999B. Cromp, M. Triest, Tucker Carrington, C. Reber: A direct-operation time-dependent method for calculating absorption spectra involving multiple electronic states and its application to trans-OsO2(oxalate)22-. In: Spectrochimica Acta A - Theoretical Spectroscopy: State of the Science (special issue), 1999, 575-583
1999P. Sarkar, N. Poulin, Tucker Carrington: Calculating ro-vibrational energy levels of triatomic molecule with a simple Lanczos method. In: J. Chem. Phys., 1999, 10269-10274
1998H. Wei, Tucker Carrington: An exact Eckart-embedded kinetic energy operator in Radau coordinates for triatomic molecules. In: Chem. Phys. Lett., 1998, 289-300
1998B. Cromp, Tucker Carrington, D.R. Salahub, O.L. Malkina, V. Malkin: Effect of rotation and vibration on NMR chemical shifts: density functional calculations. In: J. Chem. Phys., 1998, 7153-7159
1998N. Chakrabarti, Tucker Carrington, B. Roux: Rate Constants in Quantum Mechanical Systems: A rigorous and practical path-integral formulation for computer simulations. In: Chem. Phys. Lett. , 1998, 209-220
1998Tucker Carrington: Rovibrational energy level calculations for molecules. In: Paul von Ragué Schleyer, Encyclopedia of Computional Chemistry, Vol. 5. John Wiley & Sons, 1998. 3157-3166
1998S. Lefebvre, Tucker Carrington: Vibrational polarizabilities of Na3 computed from density functional theory property surfaces and a variational vibrational calculation. In: Chem. Phys. Lett., 1998, 307-314
1997s:m: mILLER; Tucker Carrington: Calculation of reaction probabilities using wavepackets. In: Chem. Phys. Lett., 1997, 417-421
1997H. Wei, Tucker Carrington: Explicit expressions for triatomic Eckart frames in Jacobi, Radau, and bond coordinates. In: J. Chem. Phys. , 1997, 2813-2818
1997O.A. Sharafeddin, K. Hinsen, Tucker Carrington, B. Roux: Mixed quantum-classical molecular dynamics methods applied to intramolecular proton transfer in acetylacetone. In: J. Comp. Chem., 1997, 1760-1772
1997H. Wei, Tucker Carrington: The triatomic Eckart-frame kinetic energy operator in bond coordinates. In: J. Chem. Phys., 1997, 9493-9501
1997M.S. Krishnan, Tucker Carrington: Uncoupled effective Hamiltonians for molecules with several vibrational modes coupled by Coriolis and centrifugal terms. In: Chem. Phys. , 1997, 31-42
1996P.-N. Roy, Tucker Carrington: A direct operation Lanczos approach for calculating energy levels. In: Chem. Phys. Lett., 1996, 98-104
1996H. Wei, Tucker Carrington: A time-dependent calculation of the alignment and orientation of the CN fragment of the photodissociation of ICN. In: J. Chem. Phys., 1996, 141-155
1996N.M. Poulin, M.J. Bramley, Tucker Carrington, H. Kjaergaard, B. Henry: Calculation of Vibrational (J=O) Excitation Energies and Band Intensities of Formaldehyde Using the RRGM. In: J. Chem. Phys., 1996, 7807-7820
1996D.S. Yang, M.Z. Zgierski, A. Berces, P.A. Hackett, P.-N. Roy, A. MArtinez, Tucker Carrington, D.R. Salahub, R. Fournier: Vibrational and geometric structures of Nb3C2 and Nb3C2+ from PFI-ZEKE spectra and density functional calculations. In: J. Chem. Phys. , 1996, 10663-10671
1995P.-N. Roy, Tucker Carrington: An evaluation of methods designed to calculate energy levels in a selected range and application to a (1-d) morse oscillator and (3-d) HCN/HNC. In: J. Chem. Phys. , 1995, 5600-5612
1995D.S. Yang, M.Z. Zgierski, D.M. Rayner, P.A. Hackett, A. Martinez, D.R. Salahub, P.-N. Roy, Tucker Carrington: The structure of Nb3O and Nb3O+ determined by pulsed field ionization-zero kinetic energy photoelectron spectroscopy and density functional theory. In: J. Chem. Phys., 1995, 5335-5342
1994Y. Wang, Tucker Carrington, G.C. Corey: A time-to-energy Fourier resolution method for calculating bound state energies and Wavefunctions: Analysis of the method and application to 2d ArHCI. In: Chem. Phys. Lett., 1994, 144-152
1994M.J. Bramley, Tucker Carrington: Calculation of triatomic vibrational eigenstates: Product or contracted basis sets, Lanczos or conventional eigensolvers? What is the most efficient combination?. In: J. Chem. Phys. , 1994, 8494-8507
1994H.G. Kjaergaard, B.R. Henry, H. Wei, S. Lefebvre, Tucker Carrington, O.S. Mortensen, M.L. Sage: Calculation of vibrational overtone band intensities of water. In: J. Chem. Phys. , 1994, 6228-6239
1994H. Wei, Tucker Carrington: Discrete variable representations of complicated kinetic energy operators. In: J. Chem. Phys., 1994, 1343-1360
1994M.J. Bramley, J.W. Tromp, Tucker Carrington, G.C. Corey: Efficient calculation of highly excited vibrational energy levels of floppy molecules: The band origins of H3+ up to 35000cm-1. In: J. Chem. Phys. , 1994, 6175-6194