Rydberg-valence interactions in CH2Cl→CH2+Cl photodissociation: Dependence of absorption probability on ground state vibrational excitation

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 118, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 9233-9240

  Levchenko, Sergey V ^a   Demyanenko, Andrei V ^a   Dribinski, Vladimir L ^a   Potter, Aaron B ^a   Reisler, Hanna ^a   Krylov, Anna I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GROUND STATE; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; PHOTODISSOCIATION; PROBABILITY;

CHLOROMETHYL RADICALS; ELECTRON DENSITY DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRONIC TRANSITION DIPOLE MOMENT; GROUND STATE VIBRATIONAL EXCITATION; RYDBERG VALENCE INTERACTIONS;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 0038278527     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1568076     Document Type: Article

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