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Title: Electron-driven excitations and dissociation of molecules

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1170207· OSTI ID:1170207
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  1. Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States)

This program studied how energy is interchanged in electron and photon collisions with molecules leading to ex-citation and dissociation. Modern ab initio techniques, both for the photoionization and electron scattering, and the subsequent nuclear dynamics studies, are used to accurately treat these problems. This work addresses vibrational ex-citation and dissociative attachment following electron impact, and the dynamics following inner shell photoionzation. These problems are ones for which a full multi-dimensional treatment of the nuclear dynamics is essential and where non-adiabatic effects are expected to be important.

Research Organization:
Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-02ER15315
OSTI ID:
1170207
Report Number(s):
1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English