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The polarization phenomena of spherical molecules
Author(s) -
Boyle L. L.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
international journal of quantum chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.484
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1097-461X
pISSN - 0020-7608
DOI - 10.1002/qua.560010507
Subject(s) - krypton , xenon , polarization (electrochemistry) , argon , excitation , wave function , atomic physics , perturbation (astronomy) , perturbation theory (quantum mechanics) , magnetic field , molecule , physics , chemistry , quantum mechanics
The calculation of the polarizabilities of spherical molecules is discussed in the light of the average excitation energy approximation to perturbation theory. It is shown that whilst information about the energy in external fields can always be obtained from polarization phenomena, some information about the unperturbed wave function also can be obtained from magnetic susceptibility and Cotton–Mouton effect measurements. In the case of argon such information was found to agree with the results of self‐consistent‐field calculations. Predictions of the Cotton–Mouton constants of krypton and xenon are made.