Interacting He and Ar atoms: Revised theoretical interaction potential, dipole moment, and collision-induced absorption spectra.

Coupled cluster quantum chemical calculations of the potential energy surface and the induced dipole surface are reported for the He-Ar van der Waals collisional complex. Spectroscopic parameters are derived from global analytical fits while an accurate value for the long-range dipole coefficient D7 is obtained by perturbation methods. Collision-induced absorption spectra are computed quantum mechanically and compared with existing measurements.