The Quantum Mechanics of Clusters: The Low -Temperature Equilibrium and Dynamical Behavior of Rare-Gas Systems

Authors

Steven W. Rick
D. L. Leitner
Jimmie D. Doll
David L. Freeman, University of Rhode IslandFollow
D. D. Frantz, University of Rhode Island

Document Type

Article

Date of Original Version

1991

Department

Chemistry

Abstract

We consider in the present paper the quantum-mechanical effects on the equilibrium and dynamical behavior of low-temperature rare-gas clusters. Using a combination of ground-state and finite-temperature Monte Carlo methods, we examine the properties of small (2-7particles) neon clusters. We find that the magnitude of the equilibrium quantum-mechanical effects in these systems is significant. The present studies also suggest that the low-temperature dynamics of these rare-gas systems is appreciably nonclassical.

Citation/Publisher Attribution

Rick, S. W., Leitner, D. L., Doll, J. D., Freeman, D. L., & Frantz, D. D. (1991). The Quantum Mechanics of Clusters: The Low-Temperature Equilibrium and Dynamical Behavior of Rare-Gas Systems. Journal of Chemical Physics. 95(9), 6658-6667. doi: 10.1063/1.461536

Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.461536

Publisher Statement

© 1991 American Institute of Physics.