tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9135085445316857482.post6260315340597943725..comments2023-07-09T02:54:27.019-07:00Comments on Diary of an Unknown Physicist: The good, the bad, and the nastyMark G. Kuzykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13004675460016150090noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9135085445316857482.post-68693768624417713062010-10-08T21:37:07.404-07:002010-10-08T21:37:07.404-07:00Actually, that is in essence what we did in our pa...Actually, that is in essence what we did in our paper, which the reviewer dismisses without comment. One of my colleges who is an export in vibronic states sums up the state of affairs as follows:<br /><br />"Chernyak, Tretiak, and Mukamel show theoretically that vibrations make only a small contribution to the second-order hyperpolarizability, contrary to numerous papers of Kirtman and Bishop. Bishop, Champagne, and Kirtman, in their rebuttal, claim Mukamel is wrong in general but that he IS right for second- and third-harmonic generation."<br /><br />I think these issues are complex and do deserve more thought; but, the reviewer did no one a service by resorting to an argumentum ad hominem tactic without specifically addressing the point that was objectionable.Mark G. Kuzykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13004675460016150090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9135085445316857482.post-66048675874092945262010-10-07T18:30:43.970-07:002010-10-07T18:30:43.970-07:00That's a really frustrating comment. Can you ...That's a really frustrating comment. Can you write a Hamiltonian that accounts for vibration? And does that Hamiltonian obey the sum rules?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16368083308232543298noreply@blogger.com