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Low-Lying Negative-Ion States Of Calcium, A.R. Johnston, Gordon A. Gallup, Paul Burrow

Paul Burrow Publications

Studies of electron transmission through Ca vapor reveal two prominent resonances in the range 0–4 eV. The energies and widths of these temporary anion states suggest that they may be assigned to the strongly mixed (4s²3d) ²D and (4s4p²)²D states of Ca^-. This interpretation is supported by ab initio configuration-interaction calculations and is consistent with previously unassigned structure observed in the photodetachment cross section.