Variational calculation of electronic multipole molecular polarizabilities

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Abstract
A general variational method for calculating electronic multipole molecular polarizabilities is developed. Special emphasis is given to the pure dipole α, dipole-quadrupole A and pure quadrupole C terms. Applied to hydrogen fluoride, its results are comparable with those of a finite perturbations calculation but the A values are systematically too low. In the case of methane, one finds