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The ground state tunneling splitting and the zero point energy of malonaldehyde: A quantum Monte Carlo determination

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Quantum dynamics calculations of the ground state tunneling splitting and of the zero point energy of malonaldehyde on the full dimensional potential energy surface proposed by Yagi et al. [J. Chem. Phys. 1154, 10647 (2001)] are reported. The exact diffusion Monte Carlo and the projection operator imaginary time spectral evolution methods are used to compute accurate benchmark results for this 21-dimensional ab initio potential energy surface. A tunneling splitting of 25.7+/-0.3 cm-1 is obtained, and the vibrational ground state energy is found to be 15 122+/-4 cm-1. Isotopic substitution of the tunneling hydrogen modifies the tunneling splitting down to 3.21+/-0.09 cm-1 and the vibrational ground state energy to 14 385+/-2 cm-1. The computed tunneling splittings are slightly higher than the experimental values as expected from the potential energy surface which slightly underestimates the barrier height, and they are slightly lower than the results from the instanton theory obtained using the same potential energy surface.
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hal-00908276 , version 1 (10-07-2017)

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Alexandra Viel, Maurício D. Coutinho-Neto, Uwe Manthe. The ground state tunneling splitting and the zero point energy of malonaldehyde: A quantum Monte Carlo determination. Journal of Chemical Physics, 2007, 126 (2), pp.024308. ⟨10.1063/1.2406074⟩. ⟨hal-00908276⟩
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