Analysis of the bonding in alkali-cation/Rg complexes (Rg=He–Xe) using a simple model potential
Autor: | Timothy G. Wright, Victoria L. Ayles, W. H. Breckenridge |
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Rok vydání: | 2007 |
Předmět: |
SIMPLE (dark matter experiment)
Chemistry Ab initio General Physics and Astronomy Charge (physics) Alkali metal Molecular physics Effective nuclear charge Metal Computational chemistry visual_art Atom Physics::Atomic and Molecular Clusters visual_art.visual_art_medium Physics::Atomic Physics Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Anomaly (physics) |
Zdroj: | Chemical Physics. 333:77-84 |
ISSN: | 0301-0104 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.chemphys.2007.01.008 |
Popis: | We have applied the model-potential analysis of Breckenridge and co-workers to the Alk+/Rg systems, where Alk is an alkali atom and Rg is a rare-gas atom. Three spectroscopic constants, Re, De and ωe, are employed to obtain the potential, with fitted parameters being the A and b repulsive Born–Mayer potential parameters, and the effective charge on the metal center, Z. From the analysis, it is concluded that all of these systems can be described in physical terms, with the calculated charge on the metal center being very close to 1.00. Interestingly the effective charge on the metal atom from such model-potential calculations is consistently very slightly greater than 1.00. We discuss and investigate several possible sources for this small anomaly, including a minor breakdown of the model at small internuclear separations, where the “lengths” of the induced multipoles become significant compared to the internuclear separation R. Despite this small breakdown, overall the model is remarkably successful in reproducing high-level ab initio curves for the titular complexes over wide ranges of internuclear distances. |
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