Accurate high level ab initio-based global potential energy surface and dynamics calculations for ground state of CH2+

A global many-body expansion potential energy surface is reported for the electronic ground state of CH2+ by fitting high level ab initio energies calculated at the multireference configuration interaction level with the aug-cc-pV6Z basis set. The topographical features of the new global potential energy surface are examined in detail and found to be in good agreement with those calculated directly from the raw ab initio energies, as well as previous calculations available in the literature. In turn, in order to validate the potential energy surface, a test theoretical study of the reaction CH+(X-1 Sigma(+)) + H(S-2) -> C+(P-2) + H-2(X-1 Sigma(+)(g)) has been carried out with the method of time dependent wavepacket on the title potential energy surface. The total integral cross sections and the rate coefficients have been calculated; the results determined that the new potential energy surface can both be recommended for dynamics studies of any type and as building blocks for constructing the potential energy surfaces of larger C+/H containing systems. (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC.