Line shifts and broadenings in polarizable liquids

Yong Cong Chen, Joel L. Lebowitz, Peter Nielaba

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Abstract

We present a new dynamical derivation of the approximation used by Thompson, Schweizer, and Chandler and by Høye and Stell for the frequency dependent polarizabiuty of a quantum fluid with harmonically bound dipole moments; the Drude model. The derivation is the same for classical and quantum liquids-as is of course the result which agrees with that of these authors. We then refine the theory by taking account of the limited number of energy levels available, i.e., we replace the harmonic approximation by a two level approximation, for the target atom. This leads to a prefactor ω0I0 in the line shift of an impurity atom in a fluid computed by Chandler, Schweitzer, and Wolynes: ω0 and ω0I being the characteristic frequencies of the fluid and impurity atoms, respectively. This factor improves the agreement between theory and experiment, especially those of Nowak and Bernstein on benzene in argon and some other liquids. We also compute the line shapes of the impurity atom by Monte Carlo simulations and obtain reasonable agreement with experimental observations.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)340-349
Number of pages10
JournalThe Journal of Chemical Physics
Volume91
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1989

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Physics and Astronomy
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

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