ISSN:
1434-6079
Keywords:
PACS. 32.80.Pj Optical cooling of atoms; trapping - 33.20.-t Molecular spectra - 34.20.-b Interatomic and intermolecular potentials and forces, potential energy surfaces for collisions
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Abstract: The photoassociative spectroscopy of the Cs2 0 g - long-range molecular state dissociating into the asymptote is performed, using cold cesium atoms in a vapor-cell magneto-optical trap (MOT). Vibrational levels from v =0 to v =132 are identified, and their rotational structure is well resolved up J =8 for levels below v =74. These data are analyzed in terms of the Rydberg-Klein-Rees (RKR) procedure, and correspond to 99.6% of an effective potential curve with a minimum at Å and a cm-1 depth. Both ab initio calculations and simple model estimations predict a double-well structure for this potential curve, which cannot be reproduced presently by the RKR approach but which is confirmed by the presence of giant structures in the spectrum. The 1u( )long-range state is also observed for the first time in Cs2.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s100530050271
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