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Quantum-defect analysis of $np$ and $nd$ $\rm{H_3}$ Rydberg energy levels

Quantum Physics 2015-05-19 v2

Abstract

In this work, Rydberg energy levels of the triatomic hydrogen molecule (H3\rm{H_3}) are studied with multichannel quantum-defect theory. We extract the body-frame p-wave quantum defects from highly accurate \emph{ab initio} electronic potential surfaces and calculate the quantum defects of higher momentum states by using the long-range multipole potential model. To obtain laboratory-frame quantum defects, we perform a rovibrational-frame transformation with accurate rovibrational states of H3+\rm{H_3^+}. Finally, we use the laboratory-frame quantum defects to calculate Rydberg energy levels for the fundamental neutral triatomic molecule H3\rm{H_3}.

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@article{arxiv.1006.3629,
  title  = {Quantum-defect analysis of $np$ and $nd$ $\rm{H_3}$ Rydberg energy levels},
  author = {Jia Wang and Chris H. Greene},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1006.3629},
  year   = {2015}
}