Isotope shift in the electron affinity of lithium
Author(s) -
Sergiy Bubin,
Jacek Komasa,
Monika Stanke,
Ludwik Adamowicz
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the journal of chemical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.071
H-Index - 357
eISSN - 1089-7690
pISSN - 0021-9606
DOI - 10.1063/1.3275804
Subject(s) - electron affinity (data page) , born–oppenheimer approximation , electron , lithium (medication) , gaussian , kinetic isotope effect , isotope , chemistry , physics , lamb shift , atomic physics , quantum mechanics , molecule , deuterium , medicine , endocrinology
Very accurate electron affinity (EA) calculations of (6)Li and (7)Li (and (infinity)Li) have been performed using explicitly correlated Gaussian functions and a variational approach that explicitly includes the nuclear motion in the calculations (i.e., the approach that does not assume the Born-Oppenheimer approximation). The leading relativistic and quantum electrodynamics corrections to the electron affinities were also calculated. The results are the most accurate theoretical values obtained for the studied systems to date. Our best estimates of the (7)Li and (6)Li EAs are 4984.9842(30) and 4984.9015(30) cm(-1), respectively, and of the (7)Li/(6)Li EA isotope shift is 0.0827 cm(-1).
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