The X$^{1}Sigma ^{+}$ state of NaRb was studied by Fourier transform spectroscopy. An accurate potential energy curve was derived from more than 8800 transitions in isotopomers $^{23}$Na$^{85}$Rb and $^{23}$Na$^{87}$Rb. This potential reproduces the experimental observations within their uncertainties of 0.003 rcm to 0.007 rcm. The outer classical turning point of the last observed energy level ($v=76$, $J=27$) lies at $approx 12.4$ AA, leading to a energy of 4.5 rcm below the ground state asymptote.
The electric-field-dependent $g$ factor and the electron electric dipole moment (eEDM)-induced Stark splittings for the lowest rotational levels of $^{207,208}$PbF are calculated. Observed and calculated Zeeman shifts for $^{207}$PbF are found to be in very good agreement. It is shown that the $^{207}$PbF hyperfine sublevels provide a promising system for the eEDM search and related experiments.
We report the results of our theoretical study and analysis of earlier experimental data for the g-factor tensor components of the ground $^2Pi_{1/2}$ state of free PbF radical. The values obtained both within the relativistic coupled-cluster method combined with the generalized relativistic effective core potential approach and with our fit of the experimental data from [R.J. Mawhorter, B.S. Murphy, A.L. Baum, T.J. Sears, T. Yang, P.M. Rupasinghe, C.P. McRaven, N.E. Shafer-Ray, L.D. Alphei, J.-U. Grabow, Phys. Rev. A 84, 022508 (2011); A. Baum, B.S. thesis, Pomona College, 2011]. The obtained results agree very well with each other but contradict the previous fit performed in the cited works. Our final prediction for g-factors is $G_{parallel}= 0.081(5)$, $G_{perp}=-0.27(1)$.
We report the first results of ab initio relativistic correlation calculation of the effective electric field on the electron, E_eff, in the ground state of the HI$^+$ cation. This value is required for interpretation of the suggested experiment on search for the electron electric dipole moment. The generalized relativistic effective core potential, Fock-space relativistic coupled cluster with single and double cluster amplitudes and spin-orbit direct configuration interaction methods are used, followed by nonvariational one-center restoration of the four-component wavefunction in the iodine core. The calculated value of E_eff by the coupled cluster method is E_eff=0.345times 10^{24}Hz/e*cm. Configuration interaction study gives E_eff=0.336times 10^{24}Hz/e*cm (our final value). The structure of chemical bonding and contributions to E_eff in HI$^+$ is clarified and significant deviation of our value from that obtained in Ravaine etal Phys.Rev.Lett., 94, 013001 (2005) is explained.
We here report on the realization of an electrodynamic trap, capable of trapping neutral atoms and molecules in both low-field and high-field seeking states. Confinement in three dimensions is achieved by switching between two electric field configurations that have a saddle-point at the center of the trap, i.e., by alternating a focusing and a defocusing force in each direction. AC trapping of 15ND3 molecules is experimentally demonstrated, and the stability of the trap is studied as a function of the switching frequency. A 1 mK sample of 15ND3 molecules in the high-field seeking component of the |J,K>=|1,1> level, the ground-state of para-ammonia, is trapped in a volume of about 1 mm^3.
We describe a modification of the inverted perturbation approach method allowing to construct physically sensible potential energy curves for electronic states of diatomic molecules even when some parts of the potential are not adequately characterized by the experimental data. The method is based on a simple regularization procedure, imposing an additional constraint on the constructed potential curve. In the present work it is applied to the double minimum 4$^1Sigma^{+}_{mathrm u}$ state of Na$_2$, observed experimentally by polarization labeling spectroscopy technique.