Eur. Phys. J. D 15, 209-214 (2001)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s100530170167

Cesium satellite band at 875.2 nm stemming from the Cs₂ 0_g⁺+(6p ²P_1/2 + 6s ²S_1/2 state

¹ Institute of Physics, P.O. Box 304, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
² Fachbereich Chemie, Postfach 3049, 67653 Kaiserslautern, Germany

Corresponding author: ^a beuc@ifs.hr

Received: 7 March 2001
Revised: 14 May 2001
Published online: 15 August 2001

Abstract

We measured a very distinct satellite band at 875.2 nm between two resonance lines of cesium. Spectral simulation using Spies and Meyer [CITE] ab initio potential curves and an appropriate transition dipole moment function was compared with experimental profile. Implications of the investigated satellite band at 875.2 nm in the field of ultracold cesium atom collisions are discussed with a special emphasize to new possibilities of the photoassociation of two ground state atoms leading to the formation of ultracold intermediate long-range molecules.