Linewidths of C2H2 perturbed by H2: experiments and calculations from an ab initio potential

In this work we present a theoretical and experimental study of the acetylene-hydrogen system. A potential surface considering rigid monomers has been obtained by ab initio quantum chemistry methods. This 4-dimensional potential is further employed to compute, using the close-coupling approach and the coupled-states approximation, pressure broadening coefficients of C(2)H(2) isotropic Raman Q lines over a temperature range of 77 to 2000 K. Experimental data for the acetylene nu(2) Raman lines broadened by molecular hydrogen are obtained using stimulated Raman spectroscopy. The comparison of theoretical values with experimental data at 143 K is promising. Approximations to increase the computational efficiency are proposed.