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title = "State-to-state photochemical reaction dynamics in polyatomic molecules",
abstract = "The generalized Franck-Condon theory of the dissociation of linear triatomic molecules is presented, including proper descriptions of the bending and rotational motions on the bound and unbound electronic potential energy surfaces. The role of angular momentum conservation is made explicit through analytical expressions for rotational and orbital angular momentum distributions of the photofragments. The theory is also applied to the calculation of photofragment angular distributions and preliminary results are described.",
author = "Freed, {Karl F.} and Morse, {Michael D.} and Band, {Yehuda B.}",
note = "Funding Information: F. FREED, M . D . MORSE AND Y . B. BAND 305 CONCLUSION This paper has shown how a Franck-Condon theory of polyatomic photodissocia- tion or predissociation may be constructed to provide detailed state-to-state transition probabilities. The expressions obtained show the nodal structure associated with Franck-Condon factors and emphasize the importance of angular momentum and energy conservation in polyatomic dissociations. In the future we can hope for a fruitful interplay between theory and experiments in this field, leading to new ideas that should greatly improve our understanding of state-to-state processes in general. K. F. F. is supported in part by N.S.F. Grant no. CHE77-24652. M. D. M. holds a Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Fellowship and Y. Funding Information: B. B. is grateful to the Barecha Fund for Science for grants. M. J. Berry, Chetii. Phys. Letters, 1974. 29, 329. A. P. Baranavski, R. G. Miller and J . R. McDonald, Chetn. Phys., 1978, 30, 119. P. Fink and C. F. Goodeve, Proc. Roy. Soc. A, 1937, 163, 592. D. Porret and C. F. Goodeve, Proc. Roy. Soc. A, 1938, 165, 31 ; Tram Faraday SOC., 1937, 33, 690. H. Friedman, R. B. Bernstein and H. E. Gunning, J . Cheni. Phys., 1957, 26, 528. K. E. Holdy, L. C. Klotz and K. R. Wilson, J . Chem. Phys., 1970, 52, 4588. F. E. Hendrich, K. R. Wilson and D. Rapp, J . Chcnz. Phys., 1971, 54, 3885. M. Shapiro and R. D. Levine, Chem. Phys. Letters, 1970, 5, 499. ' G. A. West and M. J. Berry, J . Cheni. Phys., 1974, 61, 4700. ' K. F. Freed and S. H. Lin, Chew. Phys., 1975, 11, 409. ' A. Gordus and R. B. Bernstein, J . Chetn. Phys., 1954, 22, 790; J . Cheni. Phys., 1959,30, 973. l2 R. G. Gilbert and I . G. Ross, Austral. J . Cheui., 1971, 24, 1541. l 3 H. Gebelein and J. Jortner, Theor. Chit??. Acta, 1972, 25, 143. l4 S. Mukamel and J. Jortner, J . Cheni. Phys., 1974, 60, 4760. l5 Y. B. Band and K. F. Freed, Chetu. Phys. Letters, 1974, 28, 328. l6 Y . B. Band and K. F. Freed, J . Cherii. Phj.~., 1975, 63, 3382. 0. Atabek, J. A. Beswick, R. Lefebvre, S. Mukamel and J. Jortner, J . Chenr. Phys., 1976, 65, 4035. l8 M. Shapiro, J . Chem. Phys., 1972, 56, 2582. l9 M. Shapiro, Israel J . Chem., 1973, 11, 691. 'O M. D. Morse, K. F. Freed and Y . B. Band, Chern. Phys. Letters, 1976, 44, 125. 21 M. D. Morse, K. F. Freed and Y. B. Band, J . Chem. Phys., in press. 22 M. D. Morse, K. F. Freed and Y. B. Band, J . Chew. Phys., in press. 23 M. D. Morse K. F. Freed and Y . B. Band, to be published.",
year = "1979",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1039/DC9796700297",
language = "English",
volume = "67",
pages = "297--305",
journal = "Faraday Discussions of the Chemical Society",
issn = "0301-7249",
publisher = "Royal Society of Chemistry",
}