MRCI+Q study of the low-lying electronic states of CdF including spin—orbit coupling

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/26/2/023105

Abstract CdF molecule, which plays an important role in a great variety of research fields, has long been subject to numerous researchers. Due to the unstable nature and heavy atom Cd containing in the CdF molecule, electronic states of the molecule have not been well studied. In this paper, high accurate ab initio calculations on the CdF molecule have been performed at the multi-reference configuration interaction level including Davidson correction (MRCI+Q). Adiabatic potential energy curves (PECs) of the 14 low-lying Λ-S states correlating with the two lowest dissociation limits Cd(¹S_g)+F(²P_u) and Cd(³P_u)+F(²P_u) have been constructed. For the bound Λ-S and Ω states, the dominant electronic configurations and spectroscopic constants are obtained，and the calculated spectroscopic constants of bound states are consistent with previous experimental results. The dipole moments (DMs) of ²Σ⁺ and ²Π are determined, and the spin-orbit (SO) matrix elements between each pair of X²Σ⁺, 2²Σ⁺, 1²Π, and 2²Π are obtained. The results indicate that the sudden changes of DMs and SO matrix elements arise from the variation of the electronic configurations around the avoided crossing region. Moreover, the Franck-Condon factors (FCFs), the transition dipole moments (TDMs), and radiative lifetimes of low-lying states-the ground state X²Σ⁺ are determined. Finally, the transitional properties of 2²Π-X²Σ⁺ and 2²Σ⁺-X²Σ⁺ are studied. Based on our computed spectroscopic information of CdF, the feasibility and challenge for laser cooling of CdF molecule are discussed.

Keywords: CdF spin-orbit coupling effect potential energy curves spectroscopic constant

Received: 08 October 2016
Revised: 20 December 2016
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PACS:	31.50.Df	(Potential energy surfaces for excited electronic states)
	31.15.aj	(Relativistic corrections, spin-orbit effects, fine structure; hyperfine structure)
	31.15.ag	(Excitation energies and lifetimes; oscillator strengths)

Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11604052, 11404180, and 11574114), the Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province, China (Grant No. A2015010), the Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province, China (Grant No. 1608085MA10), the International Science & Technology Cooperation Program of Anhui Province, China (Grant No. 1403062027), the University Nursing Program for Young Scholars with Creative Talents in Heilongjiang Province, China (Grant No. 2015095), and the Natural Science Foundation of Jilin Province, China (Grant No. 20150101003JC).

Corresponding Authors: Shu-Tao Zhao, Bing Yan
E-mail: zhaoshutao2002@163.com;yanbing@jlu.edu.cn

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Shu-Tao Zhao(赵书涛), Bing Yan(闫冰), Rui Li(李瑞), Shan Wu(武山), Qiu-Ling Wang(王秋玲) MRCI+Q study of the low-lying electronic states of CdF including spin—orbit coupling 2017 Chin. Phys. B 26 023105

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