Investigations in a lithium - sodium double MOT

We present third-order many-body perturbation theory calculations of the Lennard-Jones ${C}_{3}$ coefficient for the alkali-metal atoms lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium, and francium. All-order singles-doubles calculations of ${C}_{3}$ are also presented for lithium, sodium, and potassium. For lithium and sodium the present values of ${C}_{3}$ are compared with other theoretical and semiempirical values.We present third-order many-body perturbation theory calculations of the Lennard-Jones ${C}_{3}$ coefficient for the alkali-metal atoms lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium, and francium. All-order singles-doubles calculations of ${C}_{3}$ are also presented for lithium, sodium, and potassium. For lithium and sodium the present values of ${C}_{3}$ are compared with other theoretical and semiempirical values.

Physical Review AApr 1, 199816 citations

We present third-order many-body perturbation theory calculations of the Lennard-Jones

{C}_{3}

coefficient for the alkali-metal atoms lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium, and francium. All-order singles-doubles calculations of

{C}_{3}

are also presented for lithium, sodium, and potassium. For lithium and sodium the present values of

{C}_{3}

are compared with other theoretical and semiempirical values.