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Ab Initio Calculation of the Electronic Transition Moments for Excited States of the H(2) Molecule
1Section de Meudon, Observatoire de Paris, Meudon Principal Cedex, 92195, France
Abstract:
Ab initio MRCI electronic dipole transition moments were calculated for the singlet and triplet molecular states contributing to free-free and free-bound absorption in the far wings of the Lyman alpha and Lyman beta lines of hydrogen atom perturbed by another hydrogen atom in its ground state. Results are presented for internuclear distances ranging from 1.0a(0) to 50a(0) and for transitions between the X(1)Sigma(+)(g) ground state to all (1)Pi(u) and (1)Sigma(+)(u) states and between the b(3)Sigma(+)(u) state to all (3)Pi(g) and (3)Sigma(+)(g) states that dissociate at large internuclear distances into H (n = 2, 3) + H (n = 1). These results compare well with the previous theoretical calculations available for a few transitions. Copyright 1999 Academic Press.
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