Ab initio potential energy curve for the ground state of beryllium dimer

Abstract

This work concerns \emph{ab initio} calculations of the complete potential energy curve and spectroscopic constants for the ground state $X^1{\Sigma }_g^{+}$ of the beryllium dimer, Be${}_2$. High accuracy and reliability of the results is one of the primary goals of the paper. To this end we apply large basis sets of Slater-type orbitals combined with high-level electronic structure methods including triple and quadruple excitations. The effects of the relativity are also fully accounted for in the theoretical description. For the first time the leading-order quantum electrodynamics effects are fully incorporated for a many-electron molecule. Influence of the finite nuclear mass corrections (post-Born-Oppenheimer effects) turns out to be completely negligible for this system. The predicted well-depth ($D_e=934.5\pm2.5\,\mbox{cm}^{-1}$) and the dissociation energy ($D_0=808.0\,\mbox{cm}^{-1}$) are in a very good agreement with the most recent experimental data. We confirm the existence of the weakly bound twelfth vibrational level [Patkowski et al., Science 326, 1382 (2009)] and predict that it lies just about 0.5 $\mbox{cm}^{-1}$ below the onset of the continuum.

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