POTENTIAL-ENERGY CURVES OF SEVERAL EXCITED-STATES OF THE NE-2STAR EXCIMER - ASSIGNMENT OF THE TRANSIENT ABSORPTION-SPECTRA OF THE EXCIMER

Most of the excited states of Ne2, which are correlated with the Rydberg state transitions 2p → 3s, 3p, and 4s of Ne, are studied by ab initio CI calculations. Two transient absorption spectra from the lowest excimer state Σu+ recently observed by Arai et al., are discussed on the basis of calculated potential energy curves. Possible assignments are presented. The calculated transition energies are in good agreement with the observed ones. © 1979.