PMC Physics B

Table 1 Excited States of H₂O

From: Electron excitation and energy transfer rates for H₂O in the upper atmosphere

State Designation	Excitation Energy (eV)	State Number
(010)	0.198	1
(100)+(001)	0.453	2
${\tilde{a}}^{3}$ B₁	7.14	3
${\tilde{A}}^{1}$ B₁	7.49	4
³A₂	8.90	5
¹A₂	9.20	6
${\tilde{b}}^{3}$ A₁	9.46	7
${\tilde{B}}^{1}$ A₁	9.73	8
${\tilde{d}}^{3}$ A₁	9.82	9
${\tilde{c}}^{3}$ B₁+ ${\tilde{C}}^{1}$ B₁	9.98	10
${\tilde{D}}^{1}$ A¹	10.12	11
${\tilde{C}}^{1}$ B₁(100)+³B₁	10.35	12
¹B₁+ ${\tilde{D}}^{1}$ A₁(100)	10.55	13
³A₂	10.70	14
${\tilde{D}}^{1}$ A₁(110)+ ${\tilde{C}}^{1}$ B₁(200)	10.77	15
¹A₂	10.84	16
${\tilde{e}}^{3}$ B₁+ ${\tilde{E}}^{1}$ B₁+ ${\tilde{D}}^{1}$ A₁(200)	10.97	17
³B₂+¹B₂+³B₂	11.10	18
³A₁+¹A₂+¹A₁+³A₂+¹B₁+³B₁	11.23	19
¹B₁+³B₁+³A₁+¹A₁	11.35	20
¹B₂+³B₂+³B₁+¹B₁	11.50	21
³A₂+¹A₂	11.61	22
³B₁	11.68	23
¹B₁	11.75	24
³A₁+¹A₁	11.80	25
¹A₁+ ³B₁+¹B₁	11.90	26
¹A₁	12.06	27

Table of the excitation energies (eV) for the excited states in water that we have considered in our calculations. The listed state numbers are also relevant to the data in figure 1.

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