Quantitative Molecular Thermochemistry Based on Path Integrals [electronic resource].
Published
Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 2005. Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
The calculation of thermochemical data requires accurate molecular energies and heat capacities. Traditional methods rely upon the standard harmonic normal mode analysis to calculate the vibrational and rotational contributions. We utilize path integral Monte Carlo (PIMC) for going beyond the harmonic analysis, to calculate the vibrational and rotational contributions to ab initio energies. This is an application and extension of a method previously developed in our group.
Published through SciTech Connect. 03/14/2005. "ucrl-jrnl-210598" Journal of Chemical Physics 123 3 ISSN 0021-9606; JCPSA6 FT Fried, L E; Glaesemann, K R.