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EF, GK, and HH-bar /sup 1/. sigma. /sub g//sup +/ states of hydrogen. Improved ab initio calculation of vibrational states in the adiabatic approximation

Journal Article · · J. Chem. Phys.; (United States)
OSTI ID:5837649

Electronic energies and diagonal energy corrections for nuclear motion are calculated for the first three excited /sup 1/..sigma../sub g//sup +/ states of H/sub 2/ at some 70 internuclear separations in the interval R(a.u.) element of)1,15). More accurate electronic wave functions comprising, respectively, 129, 118, and 110 terms for the EF, GK, and HH-bar states, and a new method for the evaluation of the relevant integrals are used. The maximum values of the adiabatic energy corrections are found to be larger than the previously published values by 60 cm/sup -1/ (EF at R = 3.2 a.u.), 55 cm/sup -1/ (GK at R = 2.85 a.u.), and 38 cm/sup -1/ (HH-bar at R = 2.95 a.u.), while the electronic energies at the same values of R are now lower by -6, -26, and -7 cm/sup -1/. The adiabatic ab initio vibrational energies of the EF, v = 0, levels lie 1.9 (H/sub 2/) and 1.4 cm/sup -1/ (HD and D/sub 2/) above the experimental values. All higher vibrational levels of the three electronic states are appreciably affected by nonadiabatic energy shifts.

Research Organization:
Physical Chemistry Laboratory, ETH-Zentrum, CH-8092 Zuerich, Switzerland
OSTI ID:
5837649
Journal Information:
J. Chem. Phys.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Chem. Phys.; (United States) Vol. 82:7; ISSN JCPSA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English