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Photoabsorption Spectra of Argon Cation Clusters: Monte Carlo Simulations Using Many-body Polarization

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Abstract

A simple, semiempirical model that includes many-body polarization is used to study the ground and excited stateproperties of Ar+N clusters (N=3–23) at 80 K. For purposes of comparison, a model that does not include many-body polarization is used to study clusters with N=3–27.Monte Carlo simulations are used to calculate the average properties of these clusters. The model is similar to one previously used to study argon cation clusters without many-body polarization. The photoabsorptionspectrum is in good agreement with experiment; in particular, the photoabsorptionspectra for cluster sizes 4–10 do not show the blueshift that is seen with models that do not include many-body polarization.

Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)7204-7210
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Chemical Physics
Volume113
Issue number17
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2000
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Polarization
  • Cluster spectra
  • Photoabsorption
  • Monte Carlo methods
  • Blue shift

Disciplines

  • Physical Chemistry

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