New ab initio calculations are reported that indicate Art is a linear, asymmetric, C, molecule with equilibrium bond lengths R, ~2.47 A and R2= 2.73 A. The potential energy surface is very shallow along the asymmetric stretch coordinate indicating excursions of the least bound argon atom of 0.5 to 0
The structure of Ar3+
✍ Scribed by Florent Xavier Gadea; Jiří Šavrda; Ivana Paidarová
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 751 KB
- Volume
- 223
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0009-2614
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✦ Synopsis
Extended basis set CI calculations were performed to contribute to the discussion concerning the equilibrium ground state nuclear configuration of the Ar: cluster. A relativistic pseudopotential was used to describe the Ar core and only the valence electrons were treated explicitly in the calculation. The quality of the basis set used and the level of correlation reached were justified by the calculation of the spectroscopic constants of Ar: where direct experimental verification was possible. Spin-orbit interaction was taken into account when the theoretical and experimental dissociation energies D, of the Ar$ molecule were compared. The experimental value with 'spin-orbit interaction removed' D, = 1.39 f 0.02 eV matched well with our calculated D.= 1.385 eV. The A$ molecule was found to be linear and symmetric with an unexpectedly short bond length r=4.73 a+
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