Laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) spectra of the A–X system of the LiH isotopes, excited by the UV lines of an argon and a krypton ion laser, were observed and analyzed. Three long LIF series of different LiH isotopes were taken with a 3.4 m high resolution spectrograph. The results were combined with previous experimental data to study the breakdown of the Born–Oppenheimer approximation in the X 1Σ+ electronic ground state of the isotopic LiH molecules. Using a quantum mechanical variational method, potential energy curves of the four LiH isotopes were extended almost up to the dissociation limits.

Absolute total cross sections for the scattering of electrons by cesium atoms between 2 and 18 eV have been measured using the atomic-recoil technique in the scattering-out mode. Our results are somewhat lower than those of Visconti, Slevin, and Rubin [Phys. Rev. A 3, 131011971)]above 2 eV.PACS number(s): 34.80.i

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