Suno, HiroyaEsry, B. D.2023-12-072023-12-072010-12-29https://hdl.handle.net/2097/438264He2–alkali-metal triatomic molecular systems are studied using the adiabatic hyperspherical representation. By adopting the best pairwise He-He and He-X interaction potentials, we search for weakly bound states of 4He2X systems with X=6Li, 7Li, 23Na, 39K, 40K, 41K, 85Rb, 87Rb, and 133Cs. We consider not only zero total angular momentum J=0 states, but also J>0 states. We find that the 4He62Li and 4He72Li systems each possess two bound states with JΠ=0+ symmetry and none with J>0, while the other 4He2–alkali-metal species are found to support one 0+ and one 1− bound state. We calculate the bound-state energies of these molecular species and discuss the essential features of the wave functions associated with these bound states.© American Physical Society (APS). This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/https://web.archive.org/web/20181120135245/https://journals.aps.org/copyrightFAQ.htmlText