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Excitation spectra arising from A 3 0 + ← X 1 0 + and B 3 1 ← X 1 0 + electronic transitions in the Cd-rare gas (RG) van der Waals molecules are calculated using newly obtained theoretical potential curves for these species. In the molecular structure calculations, Cd20+ and RG8+ cores are simulated by energy-consistent pseudopotentials which also account for scalar-relativistic effects and spin-orbit (SO) interaction within the valence shell. Potential energies in the Λ S coupling scheme have been obtained by means of ab initio complete-active-space multiconfiguration self consistent-field (CASSCF)/complete-active-space multireference second-order perturbation theory (CASPT2) calculations with a total 28 correlated electrons, while the SO matrix has been computed in a reduced CI space restricted to the CASSCF level. The final Ω potential curves are obtained by diagonalization of the modified SO matrix (its diagonal elements before diagonalization substituted for the corresponding CASPT2 eigen-energies). The spectroscopic parameters for the ground and several excited states of the Cd-RG complexes deduced from the calculated potential curves are in quite reasonable agreement with available experimental data. In addition, the radial Schrödinger equation for nuclear motion was solved numerically with the calculated potentials to evaluate the corresponding vibrational levels and radial wavefunctions. The latter have been used in the calculation of the appropriate Franck-Condon factors to yield information on relative intensities of the vibrational bands of the Cd-RG complexes. The theoretical vibrational progressions are discussed in the context of experimental spectra.
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Received 10 August 2000 and Received in final form 7 November 2000
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Czuchaj, E., Krośnicki, M. & Czub, J. Theoretical study of the A 3 0 + ← X 1 0 + and B 3 1 ← X 1 0 + transitions in the Cd-rare gas van der Waals molecules. Eur. Phys. J. D 13, 345–353 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100530170251
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s100530170251