https://doi.org/10.1007/s100530050251
How to get access to long range states of highly excited molecules
1
Laboratoire Aimé Cotton, Université Paris-Sud,
Bâtiment 505, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
2
SFB 407, Institut für Quantenoptik, Universität Hannover, Welfengarten
1, 30167 Hannover, Germany
Received:
28
May
1998
Revised:
5
August
1998
Accepted:
24
September
1998
Published online: 15 February 1999
Due to competition between ionic and covalent dissociation, the excited
potential curves of the alkali dimers display long range structures,
leading in some cases to secondary wells. We discuss the possibility of
populating the well (with a depth of 1614.8 cm-1, located at
) that is present in the Na2
potential
curve and propose detection schemes.
PACS: 31.50.+w – Excited states / 33.20.-t – Molecular spectra / 33.70.Ca – Oscillator and band strengths, lifetimes, transition moments, and Franck-Condon factor
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 1999
