Vibrational cooling of spin-stretched dimer states by He buffer gas: quantum calculations for Li2(a 3Sigma(u)+) at ultralow energies

S Bovino; E Bodo; E Yurtsever; F A Gianturco

doi:10.1063/1.2933405

Vibrational cooling of spin-stretched dimer states by He buffer gas: quantum calculations for Li2(a 3Sigma(u)+) at ultralow energies

J Chem Phys. 2008 Jun 14;128(22):224312. doi: 10.1063/1.2933405.

Authors

S Bovino¹, E Bodo, E Yurtsever, F A Gianturco

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry and CNISM, University of Rome La Sapienza, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.

PMID: 18554018
DOI: 10.1063/1.2933405

Abstract

The interaction between the triplet state of the lithium dimer, (7)Li(2), with (4)He is obtained from accurate ab initio calculations where the vibrational dependence of the potential is newly computed. Vibrational quenching dynamics within a coupled-channel quantum treatment is carried out at ultralow energies, and large differences in efficiency as a function of the initial vibrational state of the targets are found as one compares the triplet results with those of the singlet state of the same target.