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Molecules undergoing extreme rotation
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Figure 2. Angular distribution of the main fragments observed in the Multi Electron Dissociative Ionization (MEDI) of CO
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PRL 82, 3420 (1999)
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PRL 85, 542 (2000)
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JCP 116, 10636 (2002)
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Rotational Energy Level Clusters 1972 Dorney and WatsonCH 4 8-fold and 6-fold clusters 1978 Zhilinskii and PavlichenkovH 2 O 4-fold clusters (E rb ) 1978 Harter and Patterson Rotational energy surfaces and clusters 1991 LehmannLocal mode theory and clusters 1992 Kozin et alH 2 Se 4-fold clusters observed 1993 Kozin and JensenH 2 Se 4-fold cluster theory (E rbs ) 1994 Jensen and Bunker H 2 X 4-fold cluster symmetry 1996 Kozin et al H 2 Te 4-fold clusters (exp and theory) 1997 Jensen et al Review paper on 4-fold clusters 2000 Jensen Review paper on LMT and clusters
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Emphasis is put on explaining the intimate relationship between local mode vibrations and the formation of both vibrational and rovibrational energy level clusters.
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H 2 Te Rigid Rotor Energy Levels [E(J KaKc )-E(J J0 )] J J,0 J J,1 J J-1,1 J J-1,2 J J-2,2 J J-2,3 J J-3,3 J J-3,4 J J-4,4 J J,0 J J,1 J J-1,1 J J-1,2 J A e =6.26, B e =6.11, C e =3.09 cm -1 4 4
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Actual H 2 Te Energy Levels [E(J KaKc )-E(J J0 )] J J J,0 J J,1 J J-1,1 J J-1,2 J J,0 J J,1 J J-1,1 J J-1,2 J J-2,2 J J-2,3 J J-3,3 J J-3,4 J J-4,4
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1R 1L 2L 2R 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 J J,0 J J,1 J J-1,1 J J-1,2 in C 2v (M)
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Kinetic Tunneling We can write For one form (12), E*, and (12)* are not feasible. “A dynamical barrier”. Thus the MS group is just {E} for each form and it must be chiral. 1L 1R 2R2L J evenJ odd A 1 B 2 B 1 A 2 A 2 B 1 B 2 A 1
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1R 1L 2L 2R 2 1 1 1 1 2 22 WHAT ARE THE LIFETIMES OF SUCH “DYNAMICALLY” CHIRAL STATES
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at t=0 at time t Using 2
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Probability of being in |1R> at time t is: For high J: ∆J∆J i.e.
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(Half-life) Time for probability to have decreased to 1/2
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∆ J as function of J ∆J∆J Zhilinskii and Pavlichenkov
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Half-life as function of J
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