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O. Allard

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Study of coupled states for the (4s^{2})^{1}S + (4s4p)^{3}P asymptote of Ca_{2}

The coupled states A^{1}Σ_{u}^{+} (^{1}D +}1}S), c^{3}Π_{u} (^{3}P + ^{1}S) and a^{3}Σ_{u}^{+} (^{3}P +}1}S) of the calcium dimer are investigated in a laser induced fluorescence experiment combined with high-resolution Fourier-transform spectroscopy. A global deperturbation analysis of the observed levels, considering a model, which is complete within the subspace of relevant neighboring states, is performed using the Fourier Grid Hamiltonian method. We determine the potential energy curve of the A^{1}Σ_{u}^{+} and c^{3}Π_{u} states and the strengths of the couplings between them. The c^{3}Π_{u} and \as states are of particular importance for the description of collisional processes between calcium atoms in the ground state ^{1}S_{0} and excited state ^{3}P_{1} applied in studies for establishing an optical frequency standard with Ca.

physics.atm-clus

Experimental study of the Ca2 1S+1S asymptote

The filtered laser excitation technique was applied for measuring transition frequencies of the Ca$_2$ B-X system from asymptotic levels of the X$^1Σ_{\mathrm g}^{+}$ ground state reaching $v''=38$. That level has an outer classical turning point of about 20~Åwhich is only 0.2 \rcm below the molecular $^1$S$+^1$S asymptote. Extensive analysis of the spectroscopic data, involving Monte Carlo simulation, allowed for a purely experimental determination of the long range parameters of the potential energy curve. The possible values of the s-wave scattering length could be limited to be between 250$a_0$ and 1000$a_0$.

physics.atom-ph