Héla Habli

Ab initio adiabatic and diabatic energies and dipole moments of the CaH+ molecular ion.

The diabatic and adiabatic potential-energy curves and permanent and transition dipole moments of the highly excited states of the CaH(+) molecular ion have been computed as a function of the internuclear distance R for a large and dense grid varying from 2.5 to 240 au. The adiabatic results are determined by an ab initio approach involving a nonempirical pseudopotential for the Ca core, operatorial core-valence correlation, and full valence configuration interaction. The molecule is thus treated as a two-electron system. The diabatic potential energy curves have been calculated using an effective metric combined to the effective Hamiltonian theory. The diabatic potential-energy curves and their permanent dipole moments for the (1)∑(+) symmetry are examined and corroborate the high imprint of the ionic state in the adiabatic representation. Taking the benefit of the diabatization approach, correction of hydrogen electron affinity was taken into account leading to improved results for the adiabatic potentials but also the permanent and transition electric dipole moments.

Adiabatic ab initio study of the BaH(+) ion including high energy excited states.

An adiabatic study of 1-34 (1,3)Σ(+) electronic states of barium hydride ion (BaH(+)) is presented for all states dissociating below the ionic limit Ba(2+)H(-). The 1-20 (1,3)Π and 1-12 (1,3)Δ states have been also investigated. In our approach, the valence electrons of the Ba(2+) ion described by an effective core potential (ECP) and core polarization potential (CPP) with l-dependent cutoff functions have been used. The ionic molecule BaH(+) has been treated as a two-electron system, and the full valence configuration interaction (CI) is easily achieved. The spectroscopic constants Re, De, Te, ωe, ωexe, and Be are derived. In addition, vibrational level spacing and permanent and transition dipole moments are determined and analyzed. Unusual potential shapes are found and also accidental quasidegeneracy in the vibrational spacing progression for various excited states. The (1)Σ(+) states exhibit ionic charge transfer avoided crossings series which could lead to neutralization or even H(-) formation in collisions of H(+) with Ba.

Ab initio investigation of the electronic and vibrational properties for the (CaLi)+ ionic molecule

ABSTRACT A wide adiabatic study has been performed for numerous electronic states of CaLi+ molecular ion. The adiabatic potential energy curves and their spectroscopic constants (Re, De, ωe and Te) have been calculated using an ab initio approach including a nonempirical pseudo-potential for the Ca and Li cores with the core polarisation potentials operator through full configuration interaction (FCI). Thereafter, the energies of vibrational levels and their spacing for all these states have been reported. In addition, the electric dipole moment curves have been investigated for the (1-19) Σ, (1-12) Π and (1-8) Δ electric states. Moreover it lets us check the extreme transition dipole moments (TDM). These behaviours of TDM are more accustomed to estimate the radiative lifetimes for all vibrational levels in 21Σ+ and 31Σ+ states. Also, the bound-bound and the bound-free contribution have been calculated precisely and by employing a Franck–Condon (FC) approximation.

Ab Initio Diabatic energies and dipole moments of the electronic states of RbLi molecule

For all states dissociating below the ionic limit Li− Rb+, we perform a diabatic study for 1Σ+ electronic states dissociating into Rb (5s, 5p, 4d, 6s, 6p, 5d, 7s, 4f) + Li (2s, 2p, 3s). Furthermore, we present the diabatic results for the 1–11 3σ, 1–8 1,3Π, and 1–4 1,3Δ states. The present calculations on the RbLi molecule are complementary to previous theoretical work on this system, including recently observed electronic states that had not been calculated previously. The calculations rely on ab‐initio pseudopotential, core polarization potential operators for the core‐valence correlation and full valence configuration interaction approaches, combined to an efficient diabatization procedure. For the low‐lying states, diabatic potentials and permanent dipole moments are analyzed, revealing the strong imprint of the ionic state in the 1Σ+ adiabatic states. The transition dipole moment is used to evaluate the radiative lifetimes of the vibrational levels trapped in the 2 1Σ+ excited states for the first time. In addition to the bound–bound contribution, the bound–free term has been evaluated using the Franck–Condon approximation and also exactly added to the total radiative lifetime.

Theoretical study of the SrLi+ molecular ion: structural, electronic and dipolar properties

ABSTRACT The structural and electronic properties of (SrLi)+ molecular ion have been determined by the use of ab initio approaches. Potential energy curves (PECs) with their spectroscopic constants (Re, De, ωe, Te, Be and ωeχe) have been calculated. Also, the vibrational properties and the electric dipole moments, either permanent (PDM) or transition (TDM) ones, have been investigated and analysed. Large Gaussian basis sets, the full valence configuration interaction (FCI) and the formalism of non-empirical pseudo-potential including the two approaches, effective core potential (ECP) and core polarisation potential (CPP), are analysed. Therefore, (SrLi)+ is considered as a two effective electrons system. Numerous excited states of symmetries 1,3Σ+, 1,3Π and 1,3Δ dissociating below the ionic limit Sr2+Li− have been investigated. This study shows interesting behaviours around the avoided crossing related to charge transfer involving important processes in physics and astrophysics such as dynamics, pre-dissociation and inelastic transitions.

Many-body effects on the structures and stability of Ba2+Xen (n = 1–39, 54) clusters

The structures and relative stabilities of mixed Ba(2+)Xe(n) (n = 1-39, 54) clusters have been theoretically studied using basin-hopping global optimization. Analytical potential energy surfaces were constructed from ab initio or experimental data, assuming either purely additive interactions or including many-body polarization effects and the mutual contribution of self-consistent induced dipoles. For both models the stable structures are characterized by the barium cation being coated by a shell of xenon atoms, as expected from simple energetic arguments. Icosahedral packing is dominantly found, the exceptional stability of the icosahedral motif at n = 12 being further manifested at the size n = 32 where the basic icosahedron is surrounded by a dodecahedral cage, and at n = 54 where the transition to multilayer Mackay icosahedra has occurred. Interactions between induced dipoles generally tend to decrease the Xe-Xe binding, leading to different solvation patterns at small sizes but also favoring polyicosahedral growth. Besides attenuating relative energetic stability, many-body effects affect the structures by expanding the clusters by a few percents and allowing them to deform more.

Spectroscopic and electric dipole properties of the Van der Waals interaction between barium and krypton atoms

ABSTRACT Van der Waals interactions between the valence electrons of the barium atom and the closed-shell cores have been studied using ab initio methods with a combination of pseudopotentials and core polarisation potential. We have reported the potential energy curves, the spectroscopic constants, the vibrational levels as well as the electric dipole moments for the ground and several excited states of Ba+Kr and BaKr complexes. Interesting behaviour has been observed in the potential energy curves, particularly for Σ+ states. This can show the strong repulsive interactions between Rydberg electrons and the Krypton atom. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT