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Nonrelativistic Ab Initio Calculation of the Interaction Potentials Between Metastable Ne Atoms

Published

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)
Volume
61 no. 4

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 March 28, 2024)
Created April 1, 2000, Updated February 17, 2017