Vibronic interactions in trilobite and butterfly Rydberg molecules

Ultralong-range Rydberg molecules provide an exciting testbed for molecular physics at exaggerated scales. In the so-called trilobite and butterfly Rydberg molecules, the Born-Oppenheimer approximation can fail due to strong nonadiabatic couplings arising from the combination of radial oscillations...

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Main Authors: Frederic Hummel, Peter Schmelcher, Matthew T. Eiles
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2023-02-01
Series:Physical Review Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.013114