Lowest quartet states of heteronuclear alkali-metal trimers
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· Physical Review. A
- Department of Chemical Physics and Optics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague, Ke Karlovu 3, CZ-12116 Prague 2 (Czech Republic)
We analyze three-body nonadditive interactions and characterize critical points on potential energy surfaces of the lowest A{sub 2}B (A,B=Li,Na,K,Rb,Cs) quartet states using high-level ab initio calculations. Our calculations indicate that near equilibrium geometries, large nonadditive effects are stabilizing the systems. We also show that trimer formation reactions are always energetically allowed even for low-lying rovibrational states of heteronuclear triplet-{Sigma} dimers.
- OSTI ID:
- 21450668
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. A, Journal Name: Physical Review. A Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 82; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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