ISSN:
1089-7690
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Using a purely ab initio minimum energy path for the trans-tunneling motion in the HF dimer, the energy levels for the K-type rotation and trans-tunneling motion for (HF)2 and (DF)2 are calculated with a one-dimensional semirigid bender Hamiltonian and no adjustable parameters. The transition moments for rotation-tunneling transitions are calculated, using our ab initio value for the dipole moment of an isolated HF molecule, and we also calculate B¯ values. The energy levels we obtain are in close agreement with experiment; for example, the K=0 tunneling splitting in (HF)2 is calculated as 0.65 cm−1 compared to the experimental value of 0.658 69 cm−1. As well as showing that our ab initio minimum energy path is very good, the calculation demonstrates that the semirigid bender formalism is able to account quantitatively for the unusual K dependence of the rotational energies resulting from the quasilinear behavior, and that the trans-tunneling motion is separable from the other degrees of freedom. We use the results to predict the locations, and transition moments, of the ΔK=0 and ±1 subbands in the tunneling spectra of (HF)2 and (DF)2, many of which have not yet been observed.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.457613
