Quantum-ionic features in the absorption spectra of homonuclear diatomic molecules
Atomic and Molecular Clusters
2015-03-26 v1
Abstract
We show that additional features can emerge in the linear absorption spectra of homonuclear diatomic molecules when the ions are described quantum mechanically. In particular, the widths and energies of the peaks in the optical spectra change with the initial configuration, mass, and charge of the molecule. We introduce a model that can describe these features and we provide a quantitative analysis of the resulting peak energy shifts and width broadenings as a function of the mass.
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@article{arxiv.1502.00291,
title = {Quantum-ionic features in the absorption spectra of homonuclear diatomic molecules},
author = {A. Crawford-Uranga and D. J. Mowbray and D. M. Cardamone},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1502.00291},
year = {2015}
}
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17 pages, 13 figures