Ab initio calculation of the electronic structures of the 3Phi ground and 5Phi excited states of CoH

The electronic structures and the spectroscopic constants of the electronic ground 3Phi and low-lying 5Phi electronic excited states of the CoH molecule were studied by multireference single and double excitation configuration interaction (MR-SDCI)+Davidson's correction (Q) calculations and size-consistent multireference coupled pair approximation (MRCPA) calculations. Calculations were performed under Cinfinityv symmetry using Slater-type basis functions. The electronic ground state was confirmed to be the 3Phi state. It was found that at least four reference configurations were needed to describe the ground 3Phi state correctly at the MR-SDCI+Q level, while the 5Phi state can be described well by one reference configuration, namely, the Hartree-Fock configuration. Larger dynamical electron correlation for the low-spin 3Phi state than that for the high-spin 5Phi state is discussed. Spectroscopic constants, i.e., equilibrium bond lengths (re), harmonic frequency (omegae), and excitation energy, obtained by the MR-SDCI+Q method showed good correspondence with experimental values. MRCPA calculations gave a slightly shorter value for re than experimental values, but improved omegae and the excitation energy bringing them very close to experimental values.