Based on the recently developed implementation of the full semi-classical field–matter interaction operator, we present a numerically accurate yet efficient scheme to perform rotational averaging of linear absorption spectra beyond the electric-dipole approximation. This allows for a gauge-origin independent determination of UV/vis and X-ray absorption spectra for randomly oriented systems such as multilayers, liquids, and gas phase samples. The approach is illustrated by the determination of spectral intensities of electric-dipole allowed π → π* transitions and electric-dipole forbidden n → π* transitions in the UV–vis region of the spectrum as well as electric-dipole forbidden 1s → 3d transitions in the X-ray region of the spectrum. The employed Lebedev quadrature scheme shows very fast convergence with respect to the number of symmetry-independent quadrature points–in all considered cases, the oscillator strengths for the randomly oriented systems are fully converged with use of only seven quadrature points.
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List, N. H., Saue, T., & Norman, P. (2017). Rotationally averaged linear absorption spectra beyond the electric-dipole approximation. Molecular Physics, 115(1–2), 63–74. https://doi.org/10.1080/00268976.2016.1187773
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