Theoretical study of Ba(n+)-RG (RG = rare gas) complexes and transport of Ba(n+) through RG (n = 1,2; RG = He-Rn)

Autor: Larry A. Viehland, W. H. Breckenridge, Edmond P. F. Lee, Adrian M. Gardner, Carolyn D. Withers, Maureen F. McGuirk, Timothy G. Wright, Richard J. Plowright
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: The Journal of chemical physics. 130(19)
ISSN: 1089-7690
Popis: We present high-level ab initio potential energy curves for barium cations and dications interacting with RG atoms (RG = rare gas). These potentials are employed to derive spectroscopic parameters for the Ba(+)-RG and Ba(2+)-RG complexes, and also to derive the transport coefficients for Ba(+) and Ba(2+) moving through a bath of the rare gas. The results are compared to the limited experimental data, which generally show reasonable agreement. We identify a large change in binding energy going from Ba(+)-He and Ba(+)-Ne to Ba(+)-Ar, which is not present in Ba(2+)-RG, and show that this is due to significant dispersion interactions in Ba(+)-RG.
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