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| Authors | Jan M. L. Martin |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0003039 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0003039 |
| DOI | 10.1016/S1386-1425(00)00450-9 |
| Journal | Spectrochimica Acta A 57(4), 875-885 (2001) |
Abstract
A benchmark study has been carried out on the ground-state potential curve of the hydroxyl anion, OH^{-}, including detailed calibration of both the 1-particle and n-particle basis sets. The CCSD(T) basis set limit overestimates $\omega_e$ by about 10 cm^{-1}, which is only remedied by inclusion of connected quadruple excitations in the coupled cluster expansion --- or, equivalently, the inclusion of the $2\pi$ orbitals in the active space of a multireference calculation. Upon inclusion of scalar relativistic effects (-3 cm^{-1} on $\omega_e$), a potential curve of spectroscopic quality (sub-cm^{-1} accuracy) is obtained. Our best computed EA(OH), 1.828 eV, agrees to three decimal places with the best available experimental value. Our best computed dissociation energies, D_0(OH^-)=4.7796 eV and D_0(OH)=4.4124 eV, suggest that the experimental D_0(OH)=4.392 eV may possibly be about 0.02 eV too low.
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"abstract": "A benchmark study has been carried out on the ground-state potential curve of\nthe hydroxyl anion, OH^{-}, including detailed calibration of both the\n1-particle and n-particle basis sets. The CCSD(T) basis set limit overestimates\n$\\omega_e$ by about 10 cm^{-1}, which is only remedied by inclusion of\nconnected quadruple excitations in the coupled cluster expansion --- or,\nequivalently, the inclusion of the $2\\pi$ orbitals in the active space of a\nmultireference calculation. Upon inclusion of scalar relativistic effects (-3\ncm^{-1} on $\\omega_e$), a potential curve of spectroscopic quality (sub-cm^{-1}\naccuracy) is obtained. Our best computed EA(OH), 1.828 eV, agrees to three\ndecimal places with the best available experimental value. Our best computed\ndissociation energies, D_0(OH^-)=4.7796 eV and D_0(OH)=4.4124 eV, suggest that\nthe experimental D_0(OH)=4.392 eV may possibly be about 0.02 eV too low.",
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"doi": "10.1016/S1386-1425(00)00450-9",
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"title": "A fully {\\it ab initio} potential curve of near-spectroscopic quality for the OH^- anion: importance of connected quadruple excitations and scalar relativistic effects",
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