Interatomic potentials for the ground state X 10+ and the two excited states 31, 30+ of the intercombination cadmium line 326.1 nm broadened by Kr pressure

The temperature dependence of the Cd line absorption profile at 326.1 nm perturbed by Kr has been carefully studied over a spectral range extending from 800 cm−1 in the blue wing to 1200 cm−1 in the red wing using a high-resolution double-beam spectrometer. The atomic densities of krypton (NKr) and cadmium (NCd) were (2.015±0.07)×1019 and (3.62±0.05)×1018 cm−3, respectively. The temperature dependence of the studied line profile was analyzed in the framework of the quasi-static theory. The van der Waals coefficient differences between the ground 10+ state and the two excited states 30+ and 31 (ΔC60 and ΔC61) were obtained from the near red wing profile using Kuhn's law. The values of ΔC60 and ΔC61 are found to be equal to 37.8±2 and 58.5±3 eV Å6, respectively. The ground (X 10+), and the excited (31, 30+) state potentials at the internuclear separations from 3.2 to 6.3 Å were determined. The well depths with their positions for these states are respectively equal to 134±7 cm−1, 3.95±0.2 Å; 72.3±4 cm−1, 4.95±0.3 Å; and 471±12 cm−1, 3.6 Å. The obtained well depths with their allowable errors are in good agreement with the values obtained before for the Cd-Kr system from some theoretical results and molecular beams experiments.