title: Ab initio potential energy surfaces for NH((3)sigma(-))-NH((3)sigma(-)) with analytical long range.
abstract: We present four-dimensional ab initio potential energy surfaces for the three different spin states of the NH((3)Sigma(-))-NH((3)Sigma(-)) complex. The potentials are partially based on the work of Dhont et al. [J. Chem. Phys. 123, 184302 (2005)]. The surface for the quintet state is obtained at the RCCSD(T)/augmented correlation-consistent polarized valence triple-zeta (aug-cc-pVTZ) level of theory and the energy differences with the singlet and triplet states are calculated at the complete active space with nth-order perturbation theory/aug-cc-pVTZ (n=2,3) level of theory. The ab initio potentials are fitted to coupled spherical harmonics in the angular coordinates, and the long range is further expanded as a power series in 1/R. The RCCSD(T) potential is corrected for a size-consistency error of about 0.5x10(-6) E(h) prior to fitting. The long-range coefficients obtained from the fit are found to be in good agreement with first and second-order perturbation theory calculations.
authors.affiliation: Theoretical Chemistry, Institute for Molecules and Materials (IMM), Radboud University Nijmegen, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Liesbeth M C
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Janssen
authors.forename: Gerrit C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Groenenboom
authors.forename: Ad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: van der Avoird
authors.forename: Piotr S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Zuchowski
authors.forename: Rafał
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Podeszwa