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Study of the Born-Oppenheimer Approximation for Mass-Scaling of Cold Collision Properties
Asymptotic levels of the A state of the two isotopomers
and up to the dissociation limit
are investigated with a Doppler-free high resolution laser-spectroscopic
experiment in a molecular beam. The observed level structure can be reproduced
correctly only if a mass dependent correction term is introduced for the
interaction potential. The applied relative correction in the depth of the
potential is , which is in the order of magnitude expected for
corrections of the Born-Oppenheimer approximation. A similar change in ground
state potentials might lead to significant changes of mass-scaled properties
describing cold collisions like the s-wave scattering length.Comment: 8 pages, 6 figure
The Impact of a School-wide High School Advanced Placement Program and Culture on Participating Students\u27 High School Achievement and Engagement Outcomes and First Year University Academic Success
Along with a high grade point average and high standardized test scores, access and success in higher education is impacted by the courses on a student\u27s transcript. Advanced Placement (AP) courses have set up a cooperative endeavor between secondary schools and colleges, increasing the likelihood of higher levels of educational attainment and early college success. An AP culture which challenges high school students in taking more advanced placement courses can serve as the greatest impact for them as they are bound for college and academic success. This study examined the relationship of AP courses and student achievement as measured by (1) advanced placement course grades, (2) advanced placement test scores. (3) average weighted Grade Point Averages, (4) college entrance ACT scores and (5) engagement as measured by high school participation in (a) athletics, (b) performing arts, and (c) clubs. The study also measured first year university achievement by (1) end of first year university overall grade point averages (2) end of first year university credit hours earned, and (3) continued enrollment for a second year of university studies. Overall findings indicate that students who took advantage of the AP culture provided by this high school and completed a higher number of AP courses achieved a higher rate of academic success and engagement in high school and also were set for a more academically successful first year of university studies
Fourier-transform spectroscopy of Sr2 and revised ground state potential
Precise potentials for the ground state X1Sigma+g and the minimum region of
the excited state 2_1Sigma+u of Sr2 are derived by high resolution
Fourier-transform spectroscopy of fluorescence progressions from single
frequency laser excitation of Sr2 produced in a heat pipe at 950 Celsius. A
change of the rotational assignment by four units compared to an earlier work
(G. Gerber, R. M\"oller, and H. Schneider, J. Chem. Phys. 81, 1538 (1984)) is
needed for a consistent description leading to a significant shift of the
potentials towards longer inter atomic distances. The huge amount of ground
state data derived for the three different isotopomers 88Sr2, 86Sr88Sr and
87Sr88Sr (almost 60% of all excisting bound rovibrational ground state levels
for the isotopomer 88Sr2) fixes this assignment undoubtedly. The presented
ground state potential is derived from the observed transitions for the radial
region from 4 to 11 A (9 cm-1 below the asymptote) and is extended to the longe
range region by the use of theoretical dispersion coefficients together with
already available photoassociation data. New estimations of the scattering
lengths for the complete set of isotopic combinations are derived by mass
scaling with the derived potential. The data set for the excited state
2_1Sigma+u was sufficient to derive a potential energy curve around the
minimum.Comment: 10 pages, 7 figures, some small corrections done especially to the
potential description of the excited state (already included in the published
journal version
Experimental study of the Ca2 1S+1S asymptote
The filtered laser excitation technique was applied for measuring transition
frequencies of the Ca B-X system from asymptotic levels of the
X ground state reaching . That level has an
outer classical turning point of about 20~\AA which is only 0.2 \rcm below the
molecular SS asymptote. Extensive analysis of the spectroscopic data,
involving Monte Carlo simulation, allowed for a purely experimental
determination of the long range parameters of the potential energy curve. The
possible values of the s-wave scattering length could be limited to be between
250 and 1000.Comment: 10 pages, 7 figure
Universality of weakly bound dimers and Efimov trimers close to Li-Cs Feshbach resonances
We study the interspecies scattering properties of ultracold Li-Cs mixtures
in their two energetically lowest spin channels in the magnetic field range
between 800 G and 1000 G. Close to two broad Feshbach resonances we create
weakly bound LiCs dimers by radio-frequency association and measure the
dependence of the binding energy on the external magnetic field strength. Based
on the binding energies and complementary atom loss spectroscopy of three other
Li-Cs s-wave Feshbach resonances we construct precise molecular singlet and
triplet electronic ground state potentials using a coupled-channels
calculation. We extract the Li-Cs interspecies scattering length as a function
of the external field and obtain almost a ten-fold improvement in the precision
of the values for the pole positions and widths of the s-wave Li-Cs Feshbach
resonances as compared to our previous work [Pires \textit{et al.}, Phys. Rev.
Lett. \textbf{112}, 250404 (2014)]. We discuss implications on the Efimov
scenario and the universal geometric scaling for LiCsCs trimers
Hyperfine Structure in the Rotational Spectrum of GaBr
The hyperfine structure of the rotational transition J = 2 ← 1 in the vicinity of 9.8 GHz was measured. The analysis yielded the following quadrupole coupling constants: e qv Q (79Br)= 105.78(34) + 0.92(38) (υ +1/2) MHz, e qv Q (81Br) = 88.55 (35) + 0.60 (32) (υ +1/2) MHz, e qv Q (69Ga) = − 86.68 (30) + 0.36 (24) (υ +1/2) MHz, e qv Q (71Ga) = − 54.58 (25) MHz. These results are consistent with systematic trends in the group of (III a/VII a) -compounds and remove some discrepencies in the literature. © 1978, Walter de Gruyter. All rights reserved
The electronic system and of LiCa
High resolution Fourier transform spectroscopy and Laser induced fluorescence
has been performed on LiCa in the infrared spectral range. We analyze
rovibrational transitions of the -- system of
LiCa and find the state to be perturbed by spin-orbit coupling
to the state. We study the coupled system obtaining molecular
parameters for the and the state together with
effective spin-orbit and spin-rotation coupling constants. The coupled system
has also been evaluated by applying a potential function instead of
rovibrational molecular parameters for the state . An improved
analytic potential function of the state is derived, due to
the extension of the observed rotational ladder.Comment: 15 pages, 4 figures 2 supplement file
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