Calculation of Radiative Parameters for A1S+ — X1S+ and B1Pu — X1SE+ Electronic Transitions of Potassium Dimer

The radiative parameters are calculated: Einstein coefficients of spontaneous radiation, oscillator strengths for absorption, Frank-Condon factors, wavenumbers of rotational lines of vibrational-rotational bands in electronic transitions A1S+ - X1S+ (0 < v' < 20, 0 < v'' < 40, j' = 0,30,50,80,100), B1Pu - X1S+ (0 < v' < 20, 0 < v'' < 25, j' = 0,43, 59,61,80,100), and also radiative lifetimes for vibrational-rotational levels of excited electronic states of potassium dimer are determined. The vibrational-rotational energies and the appropriate wave functions for the ground and excited electronic states are found as a result ofnumerical solving of the radial wave equation based on constructed potential curves. The calculated radiative parameters and lifetimes are compared with experimental and theoretical data from literature.

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