Ultrafast photo-excitation dynamics in isolated, neutral water clusters

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 134, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Liu, H T ^a,b   Mller, J P ^a   Beutler, M ^a   Ghotbi, M ^a   Noack, F ^a   Radloff, W ^a   Zhavoronkov, N ^a   Schulz, C P ^a   Hertel, I V ^a,c  

^a MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONICAL INTERSECTION; EXCITED-STATE DYNAMICS; NEUTRAL WATER; NON-ADIABATIC TRANSITIONS; NONLINEAR CONVERSIONS; PHOTO-EXCITATIONS; PHOTO-INDUCED; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; REAL-TIME STUDIES; THEORETICAL RESULT; TIME-SCALES; ULTRA-FAST; VACUUM ULTRAVIOLETS; WATER CLUSTER;

ULTRAVIOLET LASERS;

EXCITED STATES;

WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; LASER; QUANTUM THEORY; VACUUM;

LASERS; QUANTUM THEORY; VACUUM; WATER;

EID: 79952502376     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3556820     Document Type: Article

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