https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2006-00034-2
Ultra-long-range states in excited 3He2
School of Natural Sciences (Physics), University of Newcastle, NE1 7, RU Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Corresponding author: a A.S.Dickinson@ncl.ac.uk
Received:
24
November
2005
Published online:
14
February
2006
Long-range potentials have been calculated for 3He2 molecules dissociating to 3He 2 3S + 3He 2 3P, including the retarded dipole and the van der Waals interactions. Ultra-long-range wells with depths of up to about 2.4 GHz have been found in many of the adiabatic body-fixed potentials and rovibrational levels have been calculated for some of these wells, which have been found to support up to 4 rotationless vibrational levels.
PACS: 32.80.Pj – Optical cooling of atoms; trapping / 31.50.Df – Potential energy surfaces for excited electronic states / 33.20.Ea – Infrared spectra
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 2005
