10.6084/m9.figshare.1012135.v1 Duncan A Little Duncan A Little Jonathan Tennyson Jonathan Tennyson Equilibrium binding energies (eV), equilibrium positions (Å) and quantum defects for Rydberg states converging on A <sup>2</sup>Π<sub>u</sub> IOP Publishing 2013 Rydberg states Rydberg electron symmetry ab initio procedures table 2. Abstract uk Atomic Physics Molecular Physics 2013-06-26 00:00:00 Dataset https://iop.figshare.com/articles/dataset/_Equilibrium_binding_energies_eV_equilibrium_positions_and_quantum_defects_for_Rydberg_states_conver/1012135 <p><b>Table 8.</b> Equilibrium binding energies (eV), equilibrium positions (Å) and quantum defects for Rydberg states converging on A <sup>2</sup>Π<sub>u</sub>. The quantum defect is given relative to the A<sup>2</sup>Π<sub>u</sub> state of N_2^+, the term in the parentheses gives the Rydberg electron symmetry. States given with full spectroscopic notation have been characterized previously and appear also in table <a href="http://iopscience.iop.org/0953-4075/46/14/145102/article#jpb468592t2" target="_blank">2</a>.</p> <p><strong>Abstract</strong></p> <p>Potential energy curves for electronically excited states of molecular nitrogen are calculated using three different <em>ab initio</em> procedures. The most comprehensive of these involves the use of scattering calculations, performed at negative energy using the UK molecular <em>R</em>-matrix method. Such calculations are used to characterize all the Rydberg states of N<sub>2</sub> with <em>n</em> ≤ 6 and ℓ ≤ 4 as well as many higher states including some Rydberg states associated with the first excited A <sup>2</sup>Π<sub>u</sub> state of N_2^+. Many of these states are previously unknown. The calculations are performed at a dense grid of internuclear separations allowing the many avoided crossings present in the system to be mapped out in detail. Extensive comparisons are made with the previously available data for excited states of N<sub>2</sub>.</p>