Abstract
The ArHCl (HCl; ν=0) van der Waals (vdW) molecule has a large number of bound and rotationally predissociative (resonance) states for total angular momentum in the range of 0≤J≤60. Using the Jacobi coordinates and the total angular momentum representation in the body-fixed reference frame, the Hamiltonian is evaluated in the discrete variable representation (DVR) of the stretch and bend internal vibrational basis and a basis of parity adapted rotation functions. The facile and effective application of the DVR is greatly enhanced by an appropriate choice of the basis set. The sequential diagonalization and truncation of the Hamiltonian permit accurate and efficient determination of eigenstates. Using Hutson’s H6 potential energy surface, the energies and wave functions of all bound and resonance states are computed for selected J’s up to J=60. A novel flux projection technique facilitates semiquantitative evaluation of the lifetimes of all states and, in particular, the simple identification of the resonance states in the ℒ 2 eigenvector basis.
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