Absorption spectrum of Ca atoms attached to $^4$He nanodroplets

Details Absorption spectrum of Ca atoms attached to $^4$He nanodroplets Absorption spectrum of Ca atoms attached to $^4$He nanodroplets

2007-11-12

arxiv.org/abs/0711.1822v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

33 pages with 11 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.77.024513

Within density functional theory, we have obtained the structure of $^4$He droplets doped with neutral calcium atoms. These results have been used, in conjunction with newly determined {\it ab-initio} $^1\Sigma$ and $^1\Pi$ Ca-He pair potentials, to address the $4s4p$ $^1$P$_1 \leftarrow 4s^2$ $^1$S$_0$ transition of the attached Ca atom, finding a fairly good agreement with absorption experimental data. We have studied the drop structure as a function of the position of the Ca atom with respect of the center of mass of the helium moiety. The interplay between the density oscillations arising from the helium intrinsic structure and the density oscillations produced by the impurity in its neighborhood plays a role in the determination of the equilibrium state, and hence in the solvation properties of alkaline earth atoms. In a case of study, the thermal motion of the impurity within the drop surface region has been analyzed in a semi-quantitative way. We have found that, although the atomic shift shows a sizeable dependence on the impurity location, the thermal effect is statistically small, contributing by about a 10% to the line broadening. The structure of vortices attached to the calcium atom has been also addressed, and its effect on the calcium absorption spectrum discussed. At variance with previous theoretical predictions, we conclude that spectroscopic experiments on Ca atoms attached to $^4$He drops will be likely unable to detect the presence of quantized vortices in helium nanodrops.

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