The electric quadrupole moment of O2

被引:18
作者
Couling, Vincent W. [1 ]
Ntombela, Siyabonga S. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ KwaZulu Natal, Sch Chem & Phys, ZA-3209 Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
关键词
GRADIENT-INDUCED BIREFRINGENCE; FIELD-GRADIENT; MOLECULAR-OXYGEN; AB-INITIO; GASES; N-2; POLARIZABILITY; DEPENDENCE; COEFFICIENTS; ABSORPTION;
D O I
10.1016/j.cplett.2014.09.006
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Room-temperature measurements of the Buckingham effect (electric-field-gradient-induced birefringence, EFGIB) for gaseous oxygen are presented. The traceless electric quadrupole moment of the oxygen molecule has been deduced from these data, with the assumption that the temperature-independent hyperpolarizability contribution to the EFGIB is negligibly small. The value obtained is Theta = (-1.033 +/- 0.027) x 10(-40) Cm-2. This value is compared with the best available ab initio quantum computational values in the literature. (C) 2014 Elsevier BM. All rights reserved.
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