Published November 1982 | Version v1
Journal article

Isotope effect in chemical shifts of μ+ and H+

  • 1. Seminar fuer Theoretische Physik, Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule, Zurich, Switzerland
  • 2. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City. Facultad de Quimica

Description

The isotopic difference between the diamagnetic shielding of a positive muon (μ+) in μ+-substituted HBr and H2O and the analogous shielding of protons is computed from first principles in free space and in Br2 solution, using a self-consistent cellular cluster multiple scattering method (SC-CMS) for condensed matter and for the free molecules. The isotope shift of the chemical shift sigmasub(is) at the μ+ in these molecules dissolved in liquid Br2 is evaluated with the eigenfunctions and eigenvalues obtained using Ramsey's formalism. For HBr the computed chemical shifts sigmasub(is) are comparable with experiment and with the calculations of Breskman and Kanofsky and of Williams, and the solvent effect has the correct sign and order of magnitude. For H2O, sigmasub(is) has also the correct sign and order of magnitude when compared with μ+SR experiments. (Auth.)

Additional details

Additional titles

Subtitle (English)
MuBr versus HBr and MuHO versus H_2O

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Hyperfine Interact.
Journal Volume
12
Journal Issue
4
Series
Hyperfine Interact.
Journal Page Range
261-278
ISSN
0304-3843