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Ab Initio Study of Electronic States of Astrophysically Important Molecules

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A study of electronic states of LiO, NaO, KO, MgO, and CaO molecules has been performed. Potential energy curves of the investigated molecules have been constructed within the framework of the XMC-QDPT2 method. Lifetimes and efficiencies of photolysis mechanisms of these monoxides have been estimated within the framework of an analytical model of photolysis. The results obtained show that oxides of the considered elements in the exospheres of the Moon and Mercury are destroyed by solar photons during the first ballistic flight.

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  1. National Research Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia

    R. R. Valiev, B. F. Minaev & V. N. Cherepanov

  2. National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, Tomsk, Russia

    R. R. Valiev

  3. V. D. Kuznetsov Siberian Physical-Technical Institute at Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia

    R. R. Valiev

  4. P. K. Sternberg Astronomical Institute at Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

    A. A. Berezhnoy

  5. Bogdan Khmel’nitskii National University, Cherkassy, Ukraine

    B. F. Minaev

  6. Voronezh State University, Voronezh, Russia

    V. E. Chernov

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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 4, pp. 65–71, April, 2016.

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Valiev, R.R., Berezhnoy, A.A., Minaev, B.F. et al. Ab Initio Study of Electronic States of Astrophysically Important Molecules. Russ Phys J 59, 536–543 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11182-016-0803-y

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