Dipole–octopole polarizability of sulfur hexafluoride from isotropic and anisotropic light scattering experiments

The higher order dipole–octopole polarizability E of sulfur hexafluoride has been determined from isotropic and anisotropic collision-induced light scattering (CILS) experiments of pure SF6 gas and from anisotropic light scattering of its mixture with inert gases. The CILS spectra are analyzed by using the new updated and different intermolecular potentials. Our final estimates for this property is |E| = 96.405 ± 12.045 a.u. which is in excellent agreement with the ab initio theoretical value.