The effects of electronic quenching on the collision dynamics of OH(A) with Kr and Xe

Thesis

This thesis presents an experimental and theoretical study of the collision dynamics of OH(A²Σ⁺) with Kr and Xe. These two systems both exhibit a significant degree of electronically non-adiabatic behaviour, and a particular emphasis of the work presented here is to characterise the competition and interplay between electronic quenching on the one hand, and electronically adiabatic collisional processes on the other. Quenching takes place close to the bottom of the de...

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Authors: Perkins, T; Thomas Perkins

• Publication date: 2014
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: Oxford University, UK
• Language: English
• Keywords: inelastic collisions; reaction dynamics; laser spectroscopy; theoretical chemistry; non-adiabatic effects; Chemistry; electronic quenching; Physical Chemistry
• Subjects: Photochemistry and reaction dynamics; Physical & theoretical chemistry; Theoretical chemistry; Spectroscopy and molecular structure; Computational chemistry; Laser Spectroscopy; Atomic and laser physics; Chemical kinetics; Chemistry & allied sciences; Physical Sciences