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Title: Binding energies from diffusion Monte Carlo for the MB-pol H{sub 2}O and D{sub 2}O dimer: A comparison to experimental values

Journal Article · · Journal of Chemical Physics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4932596· OSTI ID:22489706
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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, 1102 Natural Sciences II, Irvine, California 92697 (United States)

The diffusion Monte Carlo (DMC) method is applied to compute the ground state energies of the water monomer and dimer and their D{sub 2}O isotopomers using MB-pol; the most recent and most accurate ab inito-based potential energy surface (PES). MB-pol has already demonstrated excellent agreement with high level electronic structure data, as well as agreement with some experimental, spectroscopic, and thermodynamic data. Here, the DMC binding energies of (H{sub 2}O){sub 2} and (D{sub 2}O){sub 2} agree with the corresponding values obtained from velocity map imaging within, respectively, 0.01 and 0.02 kcal/mol. This work adds two more valuable data points that highlight the accuracy of the MB-pol PES.

OSTI ID:
22489706
Journal Information:
Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 143, Issue 14; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-9606
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English