TABLE 1.

Unperturbed transition energies of the pigments (n = 1–8) and first CT state (n = 9) for the present model and models proposed earlier (Models A–D proposed by Novoderezhkin et al. (35) and the model of Raszewski et al. (31))

n	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Pigment	PD1	PD2	ChlD1	ChlD2	PheD1	PheD2	ChlzD1	ChlzD2	CT
Novoderezhkin et al. (35), Model A	15130	15165	15095	15110	15175	15280	15435	15430	15095
Novoderezhkin et al. (35), Model B	15110	15425	15090	15330	15190	15290	15420	15470	15165
Novoderezhkin et al. (35), Model C	15210	15210	15019	15233	15091	15151	15461	15438	15110
Novoderezhkin et al. (35), Model D	15300	15105	15030	15130	15100	15100	15425	15420	15100
This study	15190	15180	15000	15130	15050	15060	15555	15485	15120
Raszewski et al. (31)	15215	15215	14950	15192	15081	15015

Transition energies are given in cm⁻¹, and do not include the reorganization energy shift. The energies of six core pigments obtained by Raszewski et al. (31) are increased by 200 cm⁻¹ (see the text).