Electronic Structure Calculations with the Spin Orbit Effect of the Low-Lying Electronic States of the YbBr Molecule.

Abstract

This work presents an electronic structure study employing multireference configuration interaction MRCI calculations with Davidson correction (+Q) of the ytterbium monobromide YbBr molecule. Adiabatic potential energy curves (PECs), dipole moment curves, and spectroscopic constants (such as Re, ωe, Be, De, Te, and μe) of the low-lying bound electronic states are determined. The ionic character of the YbBr molecule at the equilibrium position is also discussed. With spin–orbit effects, 30 low-lying states in Ω = 1/2, 3/2, 5/2, 7/2 representation are probed. The electronic transition dipole moment is calculated between the investigated states and then used to determine transition coefficients, for example, the Einstein coefficient of spontaneous emission Aij and emission oscillator strength fij. Vibrational parameters such as Eν, Bν, Dν, Rmin, and Rmax of the low vibrational levels of different bound states in both Λ and Ω representations are also calculated. Upon calculating the Franck–Condon factors, they are found to be perfectly diagonal between three couples of low-lying excited states. Vibrational Einstein coefficients and radiative lifetimes are computed as well for the lowest vibrational transitions. Most of the data reported in this work are presented here for the first time in the literature. Very good accordance is obtained in comparison with the previously reported constants by means of experimental methods.