Physics – Atomic and Molecular Clusters
Scientific paper
2011-04-07
Physics
Atomic and Molecular Clusters
9 pages, 5 figures, 1 table, corrections in the list of refereces, minor modifications in the text, to be published in Chemica
Scientific paper
Gaussian approximations to the Boltzmann operator have proven themselves in recent years as useful tools for the study of the thermodynamic properties of rare gas clusters. They are, however, not necessarily correct at very low temperatures. In this article we introduce a first-order correction term to the frozen Gaussian imaginary time propagator and apply it to the argon trimer. Our findings show that the correction term provides objective access to the quality of the propagator's results and clearly defines the "best" Gaussian width parameter. The strength of the correction monitored as a function of the temperature indicates that the results of the Gaussian propagator become questionable below a certain temperature. The interesting thermodynamic transition from a bounded trimer to three body dissociation lies in the temperature range for which the Gaussian approximation is predicted to be accurate.
Cartarius Holger
Pollak Eli
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