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NIST Electronic potential energy curves of the Mg2 Excited Sigma and Pi states

Table 1. Calculated energiesa for the excited states of Mg2 arising from the 1S + 3P asymptote

R(bohr)b3Πg3Πu3Σg+3Σu+
  4.0-399.151 67  -399.027 15-399.102 64
  4.5-399.188 96-399.116 54  -399.156 10
  5.0-399.204 38-399.144 22-399.086 51-399.179 49
  5.5-399.207 91-399.159 14  -399.189 37
  6.0-399.205 60-399.167 18-399.139 74-399.190 69
  6.5-399.200 38-399.171 56  -399.187 98
  7.0-399.195 72-399.174 00-399.164 49-399.183 93
  7.5-399.191 89-399.175 38    
  9.0-399.184 78-399.176 79  -399.173 47
12.0-399.181 93-399.176 74  -399.170 03
15.0    -399.174 04  
a Energies in hartree; 1 hartree = 27.212 eV = 219 475 cm-1.
b 1 bohr = 0.529 1772 × 10-8 cm.

Reference


Table 2. Calculated energiesa for the excited states of Mg2 arising from the 1S + 1P asymptote

R(bohr)b1Πg1Πu2 1Σg+1Σu+
  4.0-399.104 83-399.004 97-398.947 69-399.045 41
  5.0-399.151 64-399.075 55-399.047 39-399.113 82
  5.5-399.151 99-399.084 71-399.075 87-399.122 46
  6.0-399.146 57-399.086 24-399.093 28-399.124 45
  7.0-399.130 31-399.080 64-399.104 83-399.120 60
  8.0-399.115 18-399.075 89-399.100 27-399.114 23
15.0-399.085 97-399.083 19-399.087 37-399.093 95
c-399.083 88-399.085 28-399.091 54-399.089 78
a Energies in hartree; 1 hartree = 27.212 eV = 219 475 cm-1.

b 1 bohr = 0.529 1772 × 10-8 cm.

c Asymptotic energies calculated by adding dipole-dipole resonance
interactions to the R = 15 bohr values using µg2 = 7.03 a.u.

Reference

 

 

Created November 2, 2015, Updated August 25, 2016