Nonexponential unimolecular decay of jet-cooled NO2: Comparison of time-resolved measurements and quantum mechanical calculations

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 104, Issue 45, 2000, Pages 10398-10408

  Kirmse, Bernd ^a   Abel, Bernd ^a   Schwarzer, Dirk ^b   Grebenshchikov, Sergy Yu ^c   Schinke, Reinhard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DYNAMICS AND SELF ORGANIZATION   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOCIATION; FLUORESCENCE; GROUND STATE; LASER PULSES; POTENTIAL ENERGY; QUANTUM THEORY; RATE CONSTANTS;

COHERENT WAVE PACKETS; NONEXPONENTIAL UNIMOLECULAR DECAY;

NITROGEN OXIDES;

EID: 0034322748     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp001422y     Document Type: Article

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