icMRCI+Q Study of the Spectroscopic Properties of the 14 Λ-S and 49 Ω States of the SiN− Anion in the Gas Phase

Abstract

This paper calculates the potential energy curves of the 14 Λ-S and 49 Ω states, which come from the first three dissociation channels of the SiN− anion. These calculations are conducted using the valence internally contracted multireference configuration interaction and the Davidson correction approach. Core-valence correlation and scalar relativistic corrections are taken into account. The potential energies are extrapolated to the complete basis set limit. The spin-orbit coupling is computed using the state interaction approach with the Breit–Pauli Hamiltonian. We found that the X1Σ+ (υ′′ = 0–23) and a3Σ+ (υ′ = 0–2) states of SiN− are stable at the computed adiabatic electron affinity value of 23,262.27 cm−1 for SiN. Based on the calculated potential energy curves, the spectroscopic parameters and vibrational levels were determined for all stable and metastable Λ-S and Ω states. The computed adiabatic electron affinity of SiN and the spectroscopic constants of SiN− (X1Σ+) are all in agreement with the available experimental data. The d3Σ+, 25Σ+, 15Δ, and 15Σ− quasi-bound states caused by avoided crossings were found. Calculations of the transition dipole moment of a3Σ+1 to X1Σ+0+ are shown. Franck-Condon factors, Einstein coefficients, and radiative lifetimes of the transition from the a3Σ+1 (υ′ = 0–2) to the X1Σ+0+ state are evaluated.

Keywords

• spectroscopic parameter
• electron affinity
• spin-orbit coupling effect
• Franck-Condon factor
• radiative lifetime