Long-range interactions of two Li atoms and a Li ion

ORAL

Abstract

A classic application of high-precision wave functions obtained using

variationally optimized basis sets is to calculate

coefficients appearing in the long-range potentials for atom-atom interactions.

While similar methods have been applied to the case of three ground state atoms,

applications to the case of two atoms and an ion are rare.

Here we summarize our results for two Li atoms and a Li ion, where, using           

perturbation theory and highly accurate wave functions calculated variationally in Hylleraas coordinates, long-range potentials were obtained [Phys. Rev. A 104 (2021) 022807; 101 (2020) 032702].

*Supported by NSF Grant PHY-1521560, NSERC, and CAS Grant XDB21030300.

Publication: Phys. Rev. A 104 (2021) 022807.
Phys. Rev. A 101 (2020) 032702.

Presenters

  • J. F. F Babb

    • ITAMP, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian

Authors

  • J. F. F Babb

    • ITAMP, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
  • P. -G. Yan

    • ITAMP, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
  • Li-Yan Tang

    • WIPM, CAS, Wuhan
  • Zong-Chao Yan

    • Univ. New Brunswick, Fredericton
    • Univ of New Brunswick