On the role of coherence in the transition from kinetics to dynamics: Theory and application to femtosecond unimolecular reactions

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 23, 2000, Pages 10477-10485

  Møller, Klaus B ^a   Henriksen, Niels E ^a,b   Zewail, Ahmed H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; LASERS; PHOTODISSOCIATION;

COHERENT INTERFERENCES; UNIMOLECULAR REACTIONS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 0034508071     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1323729     Document Type: Article

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