An ab initio potential energy surface (PES) of ArF2 system has been obtaine
d by using MP4 calculation with a large basis set including bond functions.
There are two local minimums on the PES: one is T-shaped and the other is
L-shaped. The L-shaped minimum is the global minimum with a well depth of -
119.62 cm(-1) at R= 0.3883nm. The T-shaped minimum has a well depth of -85.
93cm(-1) at R = 0.3486 nm. A saddle point is found at R = 0.3486 and theta
= 61 degrees with the well depth of -61.53 cm(-1). The vibrational energy l
evels have been calculated by using VSCF-CI method. The results show that t
his PES supports 27 vibrational bound states, and the ground states are two
degenerate states assigned to the L-type vibration.