Photodissociation Dynamics: Spectroscopy and Fragmentation of Small Polyatomic Molecules

ISBN-13: 9780521484145 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 436 str.

R. Schinke; Reinhard Schinke

Opis

Photodissociation induced by the absorption of single photons permits the detailed study of molecular dynamics such as the breaking of bonds, internal energy transfer and radiationless transitions. The availability, over the last decade, of powerful lasers operating over a wide frequency range has stimulated rapid development of new experimental techniques which make it possible to analyse photodissociation processes in unprecedented detail. At the same time, theorists have developed powerful methods to treat this fundamental process, at least for small molecules, in an essentially exact quantum mechanical way. The confluence of theory and experiment has greatly advanced the understanding of molecular motion in excited electronic states.

Recenzje

'The material is well prepared, clearly and systematically presented, with numerous instructive figures.' Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie

Spis treści

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Light absorption and photodissociation; 3. Time-independent methods; 4. Time-dependent methods; 5. Classical description of photodissociation; 6. Direct photodissociation: the reflection principle; 7. Indirect photodissociation: resonances and recurrences; 8. Diffuse structures and unstable periodic orbits; 9. Vibrational excitation; 10. Rotational excitation I; 11. Rotational excitation II; 12. Dissociation of van der Waals molecules; 13. Photodissociation of vibrationally excited states; 14. Emission spectroscopy of dissociating molecules; 15. Nonadiabatic transitions in dissociating molecules; 16. Real-time dynamics of photodissociation; References; Index.