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Quantum Microsolvation of Protonated Methane with ^{4}He: Large-Amplitude Motion Heavily Influences Bosonic Exchange
1Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany.
Abstract:
Quantum simulations of small CH_{5}^{+}·^{4}He_{n} complexes disclose significant and antagonistic impact of small-amplitude local vibrational motion vs large-amplitude global fluxional motion within the CH_{5}^{+} impurity on helium in real and permutation space. While the former significantly enhances bosonic exchange in the surrounding ^{4}He microsolvation shell compared to the rigid-body reference, the latter greatly suppresses long permutation cycles, which is traced back to the different nature of these quantum fluctuations. Therefore, it is expected that the resulting impact on local superfluidity is generic for fluctuating impurities in bosonic environments.
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