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arXiv:1710.01393 · Physical Review A

Electronic structure of ultralong-range Rydberg penta-atomic molecules with two polar diatomic molecules

Javier Aguilera-Fernández, H. R. Sadeghpour, Peter Schmelcher, Rosario González‐Férez

Published Nov 28, 2017• 7 citations
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Abstract

We explore the electronic structure of ultralong-range penta-atomic Rydberg molecules from a merger of a Rydberg atom and two ground-state heteronuclear diatomic molecules. Our focus is on the interaction of $\mathrm{Rb}(23s$) and $\mathrm{Rb}(n=20$, $l\ensuremath{\ge}3$) Rydberg states with ground and rotationally excited KRb diatomic polar molecules. For symmetric and asymmetric configurations of the penta-atomic Rydberg molecule, we investigate the metamorphosis of the Born-Oppenheimer potential curves, essential for the binding of the molecule, with varying distance from the Rydberg core and analyze the alignment and orientation of the polar diatomic molecules.

DOI
10.1103/physreva.96.052509

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