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A new vibrational level of the H$_2^+$ molecular ion

Atomic Physics 2016-09-08 v2 Astrophysics Atomic and Molecular Clusters Computational Physics General Physics Quantum Physics

Abstract

A new state of the H2+_2^+ molecular ion with binding energy of 1.09×109\times10^{-9} a.u. below the first dissociation limit is predicted, using highly accurate numerical nonrelativistic quantum calculations. It is the first L=0 excited state, antisymmetric with respect to the exchange of the two protons. It manifests itself as a huge p-H scattering length of a=750±5a=750\pm 5 Bohr radii.

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@article{arxiv.physics/0207007,
  title  = {A new vibrational level of the H$_2^+$ molecular ion},
  author = {Jaume Carbonell and Rimantas Lazauskas and Dominique Delande and Laurent Hilico and Senem Kılıç},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0207007},
  year   = {2016}
}

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6 pages + 3 figures