On the Tunneling Properties of non-Planar Molecules in a Gas Medium
Statistical Mechanics
2011-12-23 v1 Quantum Physics
Abstract
We propose a simple, general, and accurate formula for analyzing the tunneling between classical configurations of a non-planar molecule in a gas medium, as a function of the thermodynamic parameters of the gas. We apply it to two interesting cases: i) The shift to zero frequency of the inversion line of ammonia, upon increase of the pressure of the gas; ii) The destruction of the coherent tunneling of D2S2 molecules in a gas of He. In both cases, we compare our analysis with previous theoretical and experimental results.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1110.3285,
title = {On the Tunneling Properties of non-Planar Molecules in a Gas Medium},
author = {Mohammad Bahrami and Angelo Bassi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1110.3285},
year = {2011}
}
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9 pages, 3 Figures