Refinement of the experimental energy levels of higher 2D Rydberg states of the lithium atom with very accurate quantum mechanical calculations |
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Authors: | Sharkey Keeper L Bubin Sergiy Adamowicz Ludwik |
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Institution: | Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA. |
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Abstract: | Very accurate variational non-relativistic calculations are performed for four higher Rydberg (2)D states (1s(2)nd(1), n = 8,..., 11) of the lithium atom ((7)Li). The wave functions of the states are expanded in terms of all-electron explicitly correlated Gaussian functions and finite nuclear mass is used. The exponential parameters of the Gaussians are optimized using the variational method with the aid of the analytical energy gradient determined with respect to those parameters. The results of the calculations allow for refining the experimental energy levels determined with respect to the (2)S 1s(2)2s(1) ground state. |
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