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Farah Rabah1, Wael Chmaisani1, Ghassan Younes1
1Faculty of Science, Beirut Arab University, P.O. Box 11-5020, Riad El Solh, Beirut 1107 2809, Lebanon.
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Ab initio CASSCF/(MRCI + Q) calculations were employed to investigate the electronic structure of the AlCd molecule. The adiabatic potential energy curves of the low-lying doublet and quartet electronic states of AlCd were computed in both the 2S+1Λ(+/-) and Ω representations. The spectroscopic parameters T e, R e, ωe, B e, the dipole moment μe, and the dissociation energy D e were determined for the bound states of the molecule. Several new electronic states were characterized here for the first time. Rovibrational analysis of the ground and low-lying excited states was carried out using the canonical functions method to obtain the constants B v, D v, E v, R min, and R max. To assess the potential of AlCd for direct laser cooling, Franck-Condon factors were determined between the ground and low-lying excited states.
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