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Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

A theoretical electronic structure with a feasibility study of laser cooling of LaNa molecules with a spin orbit effect

Israa Zeid, Nayla El‐Kork, Wael Chmaisani, Mahmoud Korek

Published Jan 1, 2022• 9 citations
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Abstract

have also been calculated for the lowest vibrational levels of different bound states in both Λ and Ω representations. To the best of our knowledge, the data reported in the present work are presented for the first time in the literature with a discussion on the candidacy of this molecule for laser cooling.
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10.1039/d1cp05210a

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