Author(s)
Svetlana A. Kotochigova, Eite Tiesinga, I Tupitsyn
Abstract
We compute non-relativistic ab initio electronic potential surfaces for two-metastable 2p53s neon atoms using a multiconfiguration all-electron valence-bond method. Spectroscopic constants and long-range C6 dispersion coefficients are presented for 3,5ςg/u, 3,5IIg/u, 1,3,5δg/u symmetries. In addition we analyze the role of various atomic configurations in the formation of the neon dimer. Our results can be used to model the suppression of collision -induced ionization of metastable neon, which is believed to be a good candidate for Bose-Einstein condensation.
Citation
Physical Review A (Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics)
Keywords
ab initio electron structure, metastable Ne, molecular constants, molecular structure
Citation
Kotochigova, S.
, Tiesinga, E.
and Tupitsyn, I.
(2000),
Nonrelativistic Ab Initio Calculation of the Interaction Potentials Between Metastable Ne Atoms, Physical Review A (Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics) (Accessed April 27, 2026)
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