title: Calculated electronic transitions of the water ammonia complex.
abstract: We have calculated vertical excitation energies and oscillator strengths of the low lying electronic transitions in H2O, NH3, and H2ONH3 using a hierarchy of coupled cluster response functions [coupled cluster singles (CCS), second order approximate coupled cluster singles and doubles (CC2), coupled cluster singles and doubles (CCSD), and third order approximate coupled cluster singles, doubles, and triples (CC3)] and correlation consistent basis functions (n-aug-cc-pVXZ, where n=s,d,t and X=D,T,Q). Our calculations indicate that significant changes in the absorption spectra of the photodissociative states of H2O and NH3 monomers occur upon complexation. In particular, we find that the electronic transitions originating from NH3 are blueshifted, whereas the electronic transitions originating from H2O are redshifted.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Joseph R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Lane
authors.forename: Veronica
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vaida
authors.forename: Henrik G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Kjaergaard