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Phys. Rev. A 63, 052704 (2001) [4 pages]

High-precision calculations of van der Waals coefficients for heteronuclear alkali-metal dimers

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A. Derevianko*, J. F. Babb, and A. Dalgarno
Institute for Theoretical Atomic and Molecular Physics, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138

Received 29 November 2000; published 12 April 2001

van der Waals coefficients for the heteronuclear alkali-metal dimers of Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, and Fr are calculated using relativistic ab initio methods augmented by high-precision experimental data. We argue that the uncertainties in the coefficients are unlikely to exceed about 1%.

© 2001 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.63.052704
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.63.052704
PACS:
34.20.Cf, 32.10.Dk, 31.15.Ar

*Permanent Address: Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557.