Structural properties and quantum effects in protonated helium clusters. II. Quantum Monte Carlo calculations for the smaller aggregates

Balta B., GIANTURCO F., PAESANI F.

CHEMICAL PHYSICS, cilt.254, ss.215-229, 2000 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 254
  • Basım Tarihi: 2000
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/s0301-0104(00)00038-0
  • Dergi Adı: CHEMICAL PHYSICS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.215-229
  • İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

The computed interaction potential energy surface between an He atom and the ionic core unit(HHe2)(+), discussed in the preceding paper, is employed here to analyse the structures of the protonated, small clusters of He, and to evaluate the effects of quantum behaviour on the results reached in previous dynamical calculations carried out using ab initio classical dynamics. The method of the present analysis involves numerical solutions of diffusion Monte Carlo (DMC) equations via random walk techniques and allows us to extract global minimum energy configurations for the quantum ground-states of the smaller clusters.