Continuity of heavy Rydberg behaviour in the ungerade ion-pair states of H2

Authors

Alexander M. Chartrand, Bryn Mawr CollegeFollow
Robert J. Donovan, University of EdinburghFollow
Kenneth P. Lawley, University of EdinburghFollow
Elizabeth McCormack, Bryn Mawr CollegeFollow

Document Type

Article

Version

Author's Final Manuscript

Publication Title

Chemical Physics Letters

Volume

676

Publication Date

Spring 5-16-2017

Abstract

Heavy Rydberg behaviour and absolute quantum defects are reported for resonances in the ungerade manifold of H₂ above the (1s, 3l) dissociation limit. The continuity of the vibrational progression of the B''B-bar state through the crossing with the 3p asymptote is demonstrated and a predominantly diabatic picture of the vibrational motion emerges, indicating that the ion-pair resonances possess little 6¹Σ_u⁺ state character.

Citation

Chartrand, Alexander M.; Donovan, Robert J.; Lawley, Kenneth P.; and McCormack, Elizabeth, "Continuity of heavy Rydberg behaviour in the ungerade ion-pair states of H2" (2017). Physics Faculty Research and Scholarship. 100.
https://repository.brynmawr.edu/physics_pubs/100

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2017.03.058