Many-body theory for multipole polarizabilities and dispersion forces in helium-helium interactions

Linked cluster many-body perturbation theory has been developed for the calculation of the dynamic quadrupole polarizabilities of the helium atom in its ground state. The polarizabilities have been used to calculate the London dispersion force constants for He-He interactions. The results for the polarizabilities and the van der Waals constants compare very well with other standard values.