Numerical study ofT1andT2rotational relaxation times of HCl in liquid Ar

Abstract
Energy relaxation (T 1) and dephasing (T 2) processes are analysed for the rotational relaxation of diatomic polar molecules in rare-gas liquids under markovian assumption. Bath autocorrelation functions defining the markovian relaxation superoperator, which contains all information about T 1 and T 2 processes, are derived for an intermolecular potential approximated by a truncated series of Legendre polynomials P J . Hence, analytical expressions for T 1 and T 2 are obtained in terms of a reduced set of parameters regarding both the diatomic and the liquid as their mutual interaction. Numerical contribution to T 1 and T 2 processes, from P 1 and P 2 terms, is given for a HCl-Ar solution by using a dynamical quasiharmonic model to describe the solvent liquid structure.