Investigating the static dipole polarisability of noble gas atoms confined in impenetrable spheres and shells

Abstract

The static dipole polarisability of noble gas atoms confined by impenetrable spheres and spherical shells is studied using the B-spline random phase with exchange approximation. The general trend in dipole polarisabilities across the noble gas sequence shows a decrease in the dipole polarisability as the volume of the confining impenetrable sphere is reduced and a large increase in the dipole polarisability for confinement by impenetrable spherical shells as the inner shell radius is increased.