POTENTIAL ENERGY CURVES FOR THE X SUPER 1 SIGMA SUB G SUPER PLUS AND B SUPER 1 SIGMA SUB U SUPER PLUS STATE OF HYDROGEN
Abstract
The recently reported accurate data of Herzberg and Howe have been used to calculate the potential energy curves for the X1 g+ and B1 u+ states of hydrogen by the Rydberg-Klein-Rees (RKR) method. The results are compared with the results of the quantum calculations of Kolos and Roothaan and Dalgarno and Lynn. The agreement is good; in fact, the interaction energy obtained by Dalgarno and Lynn for the ground state agrees with the RKR values to within 2% in the region where the two curves overlap. The rotational predissociation observed in the v'' equal to the 14 level of the X1 g+ state is discussed. It appears as if there exists here the unusual case of a sharp spectral line associated with a state which is very close in energy to the maximum of a potential barrier. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 27, 1961
- Accession Number
- AD0253288
Entities
People
- Irwin Tobias
- Joseph T. Vanderslice
Organizations
- University of Maryland