Competition between electronic and vibrational predissociation dynamics of the HeBr2 and NeBr2 van der Waals molecules

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 132, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Taylor, Molly A ^a   Pio, Jordan M ^a   Van Der Veer, Wytze E ^a   Janda, Kenneth C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOCIATION; ENERGY GAP; MOLECULES; OPTICAL PUMPING; VAN DER WAALS FORCES; WAVE FUNCTIONS;

DISSOCIATION RATES; ELECTRONIC PREDISSOCIATION; FRANCK-CONDON FACTORS; OPTICAL PUMP-PROBE SPECTROSCOPY; VAN DER WAALS MOLECULES; VIBRATIONAL PREDISSOCIATION; VIBRATIONAL PREDISSOCIATION DYNAMICS; VIBRATIONAL WAVE FUNCTIONS;

BROMINE COMPOUNDS;

EID: 77949613934     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3353954     Document Type: Article

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