A refined potential energy function for the electronic ground state of H2Se

The potential energy surface for the electronic ground state of the hydrogen selenide molecule has been determined previously by Jensen and Kozin [J. Mol. Spectrosc. 160 (1993) 39] in a fitting to experimental data by means of the MORBID computer program. We report here a further refinement of this surface, also made with the MORBID program. With the refined potential surface, we can make predictions of rotation-vibration transition wavenumbers for H₂Se, D₂Se, and HDSe, and with these predictions we can assign weak spectra of these molecules. We assign here two very weak bands of HD⁸⁰Se, ν₁+ν₂+ν₃ and 2ν₁+ν₃. The refinement of the potential energy surface was made possible because (1) the number of vibrational states characterized experimentally for various isotopomers of H₂Se has approximately doubled since 1993, and (2) we now have access to larger computers with which we can fit energy spacings of states with J?8, whereas Jensen and Kozin could only use J?5. In the present work, we fitted rotation-vibration energy spacings associated with 24 vibrational states of H₂⁸⁰Se with v₁?6, v₂?3, and v₃?2; 11 vibrational states of D₂⁸⁰Se with v₁?2, v₂?3, and v₃?2, and 17 vibrational states of HD⁸⁰Se with v₁?3, v₂?3, and v₃?3. The input data set comprised 3611 energy spacings. In the fitting, we could usefully vary 29 potential energy parameters. The standard deviation of the fitting was 0.12 cm⁻¹ and the root-mean-square deviation for 49 vibrational term values was 0.59 cm⁻¹.     

Improved potential energy curve and vibrational energies for the electronic ground state of the hydrogen molecule

The potential energy curve for the electronic ground state of the hydrogen molecule has been recomputed for intermediate and large internuclear separations. for 2.4 ≤ R ≤ 8.0a.u. the previous potential energy curve has been improved. The largest improvement amounts to 5.5 cm^?1, and was obtained in the vicinity of R = 4.4a.u.. Using the new potential energy curve, and the adiabatic and relativistic corrections, the vibrational and rotational energy levels have been calculated for H₂, HD, and D₂. The deviations of the calculated energy levels G(v) of H₂ and D₂ from the observed values follow very closely the nonadiabatic corrections resulting from the Van Vleck formula.     

An extended Lennard-Jones potential energy function for diatomic molecules: Application to ground electronic states

A new simple analytical diatomic potential energy function that can be considered an extension of the prototypical Lennard-Jones model is proposed and tested. Five- and six-parameter models are considered and these can be easily constructed from widely available low-order vibrational-rotational constants and the dissociation energy. Accuracy tests are carried out on the ground electronic states of sixteen diatomic molecules. The proposed six-parameter function is found to be more accurate than other available few-parameter analytical models for the diatomic potential energy, and has accuracy comparable to that of modern high-level ab initio functions.     

Ultracold triplet molecules in the rovibrational ground state

We report here on the production of an ultracold gas of tightly bound Rb2 triplet molecules in the rovibrational ground state, close to quantum degeneracy. This is achieved by optically transferring weakly bound Rb2 molecules to the absolute lowest level of the ground triplet potential with a transfer efficiency of about 90%. The transfer takes place in a 3D optical lattice which traps a sizeable fraction of the tightly bound molecules with a lifetime exceeding 200 ms.     

Dissociation energy for the ground state of AlO from true potential energy curve

The true potential energy curve for the ground state of AlO has been extended up to the observed vibrational levels v = 22 using revised vibrational constants. The dissociation energy for the ground state of AlO has been estimated to be 4.15 ± 0.05 eV by the method of curve fitting. The Lippincott potential function has been used for fitting with the RKRV curve.     

Coherent transfer of photoassociated molecules into the rovibrational ground state

We report on the direct conversion of laser-cooled 41K and 87Rb atoms into ultracold 41K87Rb molecules in the rovibrational ground state via photoassociation followed by stimulated Raman adiabatic passage. High-resolution spectroscopy based on the coherent transfer revealed the hyperfine structure of weakly bound molecules in an unexplored region. Our results show that a rovibrationally pure sample of ultracold ground-state molecules is achieved via the all-optical association of laser-cooled atoms, opening possibilities to coherently manipulate a wide variety of molecules.     

Formation of ultracold polar molecules in the rovibrational ground state

Ultracold LiCs molecules in the absolute ground state X1Sigma+, v' = 0, J' = 0 are formed via a single photoassociation step starting from laser-cooled atoms. The selective production of v' = 0, J' = 2 molecules with a 50-fold higher rate is also demonstrated. The rotational and vibrational state of the ground state molecules is determined in a setup combining depletion spectroscopy with resonant-enhanced multiphoton ionization time-of-flight spectroscopy. Using the determined production rate of up to 5 x 10(3) molecules/s, we describe a simple scheme which can provide large samples of externally and internally cold dipolar molecules.     

Analytical potential energy functions for the ground and some excited states of N2

The analytical potential energy functions have been calculated for the ground state X¹Σ⁺_g and four excited electronic states a¹Π_g, A³Σ⁺_u, B′³Σ^?_u and B³Π_g of N₂ molecule using the algebraic and energy-consistent methods (AM-ECM). Based on our previously published full AM vibrational energies and spectroscopic constants, the low-lying force constants f_n, the expansion coefficients a_n and the variational parameters λ in the AM–ECM potentials are determined for these states. The computed AM–ECM potential energy curve of each state is in excellent agreement with the experimental data and better than other analytical potentials.     

SiF2基态分子的结构与势能函数

运用Gaussian03软件包,采用密度泛函理论中的B3P86 方法,结合6-311++G**(3df,3pd)基组对基态SiF2分子的平衡电子结构和谐振频率进行了优化计算,得到了其稳定结构为C2v构型.SiF2基态电子态为X1A1,平衡核间距RSi-F=0.1061nm,键角αF-Si-F=100.6762°,离解能 De=13.8eV.应用多体项展式理论推导了基态SiF2分子的解析势能函数,其等值势能图准确地再现了SiF2分子的平衡构型特征和能量变化.     

SiO2分子的基态(X1A1)结构与分析势能函数

应用群论及原子分子反应静力学方法推导了SiO2分子的电子态及其离解极限,采用B3P86方法,在6-311G**水平上,优化出SiO2基态分子稳定构型为单重态的C2V构型,其平衡核间距Re=RSi-O=0.1587 nm,∠OSiO=111.2°,能量为-440.4392 a.u..同时计算出基态的简正振动频率:对称伸缩振动频率v(B2)=945.4cm-1,弯曲振动频率v(A1)=273.5 cm-1和反对称伸缩振动频率v(A1)=1362.9cm-1.在此基础上,使用多体项展式理论方法,导出了基态SiO2分子的全空间解析势能函数,该势能函数准确再现了SiO2(C2V)平衡结构.     

Ab initio dipole moment and theoretical rovibrational intensities in the electronic ground state of PH3

We report a six-dimensional CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ dipole moment surface for the electronic ground state of PH₃ computed ab initio on a large grid of 10 080 molecular geometries. Parameterized, analytical functions are fitted through the ab initio data, and the resulting dipole moment functions are used, together with a potential energy function determined by refining an existing ab initio surface in fittings to experimental wavenumber data, for simulating absorption spectra of the first three polyads of PH₃, i.e., (ν₂, ν₄), (ν₁, ν₃, 2ν₂, 2ν₄, ν₂ + ν₄), and (ν₁ + ν₂, ν₃ + ν₂, ν₁ + ν₄, ν₃ + ν₄, 2ν₂ + ν₄, ν₂ + 2ν₄, 3ν₂, 3ν₄). The resulting theoretical transition moments show excellent agreement with experiment. A line-by-line comparison of the simulated intensities of the ν₂/ν₄ band system with 955 experimental intensity values reported by Brown et al. [L.R. Brown, R.L. Sams, I. Kleiner, C. Cottaz, L. Sagui, J. Mol. Spectrosc. 215 (2002) 178-203] gives an average absolute percentage deviation of 8.7% (and a root-mean-square deviation of 0.94 cm⁻¹ for the transition wavenumbers). This is very remarkable since the calculations rely entirely on ab initio dipole moment surfaces and do not involve any adjustment of these surfaces to reproduce the experimental intensities. Finally, we predict the line strengths for transitions between so-called cluster levels (near-degenerate levels formed at high rotational excitation) for J up to 60.     

The potential energy surface for the lowest quartet state of H3

SCF MO calculations with CI are carried out on the quartet state of H₃ using an extended (4s, 2p STO) basis and all single and double excitations. The ratio of 3-body to 2-body contributions to the potential at short distance is similar in the two calculations, and at 10 a ₀ the ratio is adequately described by Axilrod-Teller theory.     

Exact singlet bond ground states for electronic models

We proposed several 1D and 2D electronic models with the exact ground state. The ground-state wave function of these models is represented in terms of “singlet bond” functions consisting of homopolar and ionic configurations. The Hamiltonians of these models include correlated hopping of electrons, pair hopping terms, and spin interactions.     

Fourier transform spectroscopy of the low-lying excited electronic states of FeO: A new perturbing Σ state and improved ground state constants

A small rotational perturbation has been found in the ⁵Δ_i ground state of FeO. This occurs in the v = 2 level of the $\text{Ω}\text{= 2}$ substate, and only one Λ-boudling component of one rotational level is affected. The perturbing state, which lies about 2100 cm^?1 above the lowest spin-orbit level of the molecule, is orbitally nondegenerate, and is likely to belong to the ⁷Σ⁺ state arising from the configuration (4sσ)¹(3dδ)²(3dπ)²(3dσ)¹. The new state, a⁷Σ⁺, is possibly responsible for anomalies in the intensity pattern of the FeO^? photodetachment spectrum of Engelking and Lineberger [J. Chem. Phys., 66, 5054–5058 (1977)]. Improved vibrational and rotational constants are presented for the ground state, combining new Fourier transform measurements of the Λ-doubling in X⁵Δ₁ with the recent microwave data of Endo et al. [Astrophys. J., 278, L131–132 (1984)].     

A shock tube determination of the CN ground state dissociation energy and the CN violet electronic transition moment

The CN ground state (X²∑⁺) dissociation energy and the electronic transition moment of the CN violet B²∑⁺ ? X²∑⁺ bands have been simultaneously determined from spectral emission measurements behind incident shock waves. The unshocked test gases were composed of various CO₂-CO-N₂-Ar mixtures, and the temperatures behind the incident shocks ranged from 3500 to 8000°K. The dissociation energy was determined to be 7.89 eV with a statistical precision of ±0.02 eV; a conservative estimate of the absolute error was ±0.13 eV. The value obtained for the Δυ = 0 sequence electronic transition moment was 0.90 ± 0.14, corresponding to an electronic absorption f-number of 0.035 ± 0.005 at a wavelength of 3860 Å. The electronic transition moment variation with internuclear separation was also measured.