Abstract
van der Waals coefficients for the heteronuclear alkali-metal dimers of Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, and Fr are calculated using relativistic ab initio methods augmented by high-precision experimental data. We argue that the uncertainties in the coefficients are unlikely to exceed about 1%.
- Received 29 November 2000
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.63.052704
©2001 American Physical Society
