The molecular dissociation of formaldehyde at medium photoexcitation energies: A quantum chemistry and direct quantum dynamics study

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 131, Issue 14, 2009, Pages

  Araújo, Marta ^a   Lasorne, Benjamin ^b,c   Magalhães, Alexandre L ^a   Worth, Graham A ^d   Bearpark, Michael J ^c   Robb, Michael A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CO-PRODUCTS; COMPLETE ACTIVE SPACE SELF-CONSISTENT FIELDS; CONICAL INTERSECTION; DIRECT DYNAMICS; FERMI GOLDEN RULE; GAUSSIANS; INTERNAL CONVERSIONS; INTERSYSTEM CROSSING; LOWER ENERGIES; MEDIUM ENERGY; MEDIUM PHOTOEXCITATION; MOLECULAR DISSOCIATION; MULTICONFIGURATION; QUANTUM DYNAMICS; RADIATIONLESS DECAY; TRANSITION BARRIER;

FORMALDEHYDE; PHOTOEXCITATION; PHOTOLYSIS; QUANTUM THEORY;

DISSOCIATION;

EID: 84856087850     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3242082     Document Type: Article

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