Theoretical studies of the electronic spectrum of tellurium monosulfide

Abstract

Ab initio based multireference singles and doubles configuration interaction (MRDCI) study including spin–orbit coupling is carried out to explore the electronic structure and spectroscopic properties of tellurium monosulfide (TeS) molecule by employing relativistic effective core potentials (RECP) and suitable Gaussian basis sets of the constituent atoms. Potential energy curves correlating with the lowest and second dissociation limit are constructed and spectroscopic constants (Te, re, and ωe) of several low-lying bound Λ–S electronic states up to 3.68eV of energy are computed. The binding energies and electric dipole moments (μe) of the ground and the low-lying excited Λ–S states are also computed. The effects of the spin–orbit coupling on the electronic spectrum of the species are studied in details and compared with the available data. The transition probabilities of some dipole-allowed and spin–forbidden transitions are computed and radiative lifetimes of some excited states at lowest vibrational level are estimated from the transition probability data.