Abstract
We present diffusion quantum Monte Carlo calculations of the interchange tunneling splitting of clusters, . The tunneling splitting decreases rapidly for clusters, and much more slowly for . The decrease calculated for represents of the reduction in the tunneling splitting measured recently for HF dimer in nanodroplets of more than 2000 He atoms. The first four He atoms quench the interchange tunneling very efficiently by virtue of occupying the equatorial ring which encircles the transition state of the tunneling pathway.
- Received 7 August 2001
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.123401
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