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Reaction-path analysis of the tunneling splitting in fluxional molecules: Application to the degenerate rearrangement of hydrogen fluoride dimer.
- Source :
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Journal of Chemical Physics . 11/1/1986, Vol. 85 Issue 9, p4997. 7p. - Publication Year :
- 1986
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Abstract
- The small-curvature semiclassical adiabatic (SCSA) approximation, which is based on a reaction-path Hamiltonian, is used to calculate the tunneling splitting due to the degenerate rearrangement of hydrogen fluoride dimer. The calculation employs a semiempirical potential energy surface which approximates the HF molecules as rigid rotators, and for which accurate tunneling splittings have been previously calculated. The semiclassical method is shown to be accurate within 33%. The internal motion of the dimer along the reaction path and the contributions of the generalized normal mode vibrations to reaction-path curvature in the tunneling region are also discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *APPROXIMATION theory
*HAMILTONIAN systems
*DIMERS
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00219606
- Volume :
- 85
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Chemical Physics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 7619055
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.451689