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Experimental studies of the NaRb ground-state potential up to thev″=76level

O. DocenkoO. NikolayevaAndrey V. StolyarovRuvin FerberE. A. PazyukM. Tamanis

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PhysicsLennard-Jones potentialTheoryofComputation_ANALYSISOFALGORITHMSANDPROBLEMCOMPLEXITYKinetic isotope effectSigmaAtomic physicsGround stateIsotopes of sodiumLaser-induced fluorescencePotential energyAtomic and Molecular Physics and OpticsSpectral line

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Laser induced fluorescence spectra of the C {sup 1}{sigma}{sup +}-X {sup 1}{sigma}{sup +} system of {sup 23}Na{sup 85}Rb and {sup 23}Na{sup 87}Rb have allowed vibrational levels of the electronic ground state up to v{sup ''}=76, spanning 99.85% of the potential well to be observed. The ground-state term values have been fitted to a Dunham polynomial expansion, and also to a direct modified Lennard-Jones (MLJ) potential. The analytical MLJ construction allowed us to match previous measured term values for v{sup ''}{<=}30 with long-range behavior of the potential through the intermediate internuclear distance region covered by the present investigation.

https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.66.052508