The CO-Ne van der Waals complex: ab initio intermolecular potential energy, interaction induced electric dipole
Angelika Baranowska1, Berta Fernández, Antonio Rizzo
1Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Santiago de Compostela, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Abstract:
The intermolecular potential energy, interaction induced electric dipole moment and polarizability surfaces of the CO-Ne van der Waals complex are calculated using coupled cluster methods and the d-aug-cc-pVTZ basis set extended with a set of 3s3p2d1f1g midbond functions placed in the middle of the van der Waals bond. After fitting the interaction properties to appropriate analytical functions the surfaces are further used in semiclassical calculations of the pressure, the dielectric and the refractivity second virial coefficients of the system. The interaction potential energy surface has a single minimum (-49.9952 cm(-1)), which corresponds to R = 3.383 A and theta = 79.4 degrees. The computed dielectric second virial coefficient B(epsilon) approximately -0.27 cm(6) mol(-2) around the room temperature.
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