<i>A</i> <i>b</i> <i>i</i> <i>n</i> <i>i</i> <i>t</i> <i>i</i> <i>o</i> configuration-interaction study of the photoelectron spectra of small sodium cluster anions

Abstract

We find that the ab initio direct configuration-interaction calculations on Na−2–5 and Na2–5 account for the observed patterns of photoelectron spectra, reproduce the observed excitation energies in a semiquantitative way and permit an assignment of cluster geometries.