An alternative mechanism for spin-forbidden photo-ionization of diatomic molecules and its rotation–electronic selection rules

1990 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying-Nan Chiu ◽  
Lue-Yung Chow Chiu
Keyword(s):  
Diatomic Molecules ◽  
Rotational Level ◽  
Electric Quadrupole ◽  
Chem Phys ◽  
Electric Dipole Transition ◽  
Wave Functions ◽  
Alternative Mechanism ◽  
Selection Rules ◽  
Photon Ionization ◽  
Photo Ionization

The spin-forbidden photo-ionization of diatomic molecules is proposed. Spin orbit interaction is invoked resulting in the correction and mixing of the wave functions of different multiplicities. The rotation–electronic selection rules given, but not proven, by Dixit and McKoy for Hund's case a based on the conventional mechanism of electric dipole transition (see Chem. Phys. Lett. 128, 49 (1986) are rederived and expressed in a different format. This new format permits the generalization of the selection rules to other photo-ionization transitions caused by the magnetic dipole, the electric quadrupole, and the two- and three-photon operators. These selection rules, which are for transitions from one specific rotational level of a given Kronig reflection symmetry to another, will help understand rotational branching and the dynamics of interaction in the excited state. They will also help in the selective preparation of well-defined rovibronic states in resonant-enhanced multi-photon ionization processes.

Theoretical calculations of electronic Raman effects of the NO and O2 molecules

1970 ◽  
Vol 48 (14) ◽  
pp. 1664-1674 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. W. Lepard
Keyword(s):  
Raman Spectrum ◽  
Raman Spectra ◽  
Theoretical Calculations ◽  
Diatomic Molecules ◽  
Wave Functions ◽  
Rotational Structure ◽  
Intermediate Case ◽  
First Time

This paper presents a method for calculating the relative intensities and Raman shifts of the rotational structure in electronic Raman spectra of diatomic molecules. The method is exact in the sense that the wave functions used for the calculations may belong to any intermediate case of Hund's coupling schemes. Using this method, theoretical calculations of the pure rotational and electronic Raman spectrum of NO, and the pure rotational Raman spectrum of O2, are presented. Although a calculated stick spectrum for NO was previously shown by Fast et al., the details of this calculation are given here for the first time.

A comparison of theory and experiment for photo-ionization cross-sections I. Neon and the elements from boron to neon

1951 ◽  
Vol 208 (1094) ◽  
pp. 408-418 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sections ◽  
General Trend ◽  
Wave Functions ◽  
Ionization Cross ◽  
Hartree Fock ◽  
Quantal Theory ◽  
Ionization Cross Sections ◽  
Photo Ionization ◽  
Near Future ◽  
Dipole Length

The quantal theory of the continuous photo-electric absorption of radiation is briefly summarized, pàrticular attention being given to the alternative formulae available and to the accuracy to be expected in practical calculations. Detailed calculations are described for the photo-ionization cross-section of neon, a system for which it is understood that experimental data should be available in the near future. The calculation is made using Hartree-Fock wave functions and the two formulae of the dipole length and the dipole velocity. The corresponding cross-sections are found to be 5.8 and 4.4 x 10- 18 cm 2 . at the spectral head and to rise slowly with increasing frequency until a broad maximum is reached for an energy of the ejected electron of about 11 eV. A comparison is made with previous calculations on the elements from boron to neon ; the general trend of the results is discussed and improved estimates for boron and fluorine are given (10 x 10 -18 cm 2 . for boron and 4.3 x 10- 18 cm 2 . for fluorine at the spectral head).

scholarly journals Optics of Chromites and Charge-Transfer Transitions

2008 ◽  
Vol 2008 ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrei V. Zenkov
Keyword(s):  
Charge Transfer ◽  
Simple Structure ◽  
Electric Dipole Transition ◽  
Wave Functions ◽  
Final States ◽  
Matrix Elements ◽  
Cluster Approach ◽  
Electron Wave ◽  
Charge Transfer Transitions ◽  
Transition Modeling

Specific features of the charge-transfer (CT) states and O2p→Cr3d transitions in the octahedral (CrO6)9− complex are considered in the cluster approach. The reduced matrix elements of the electric-dipole transition operator are calculated on many-electron wave functions of the complex corresponding to the initial and final states of a CT transition. Modeling the optic spectrum of chromites has yielded a complicated CT band. The model spectrum is in satisfactory agreement with experimental data which demonstrates the limited validity of the generally accepted concept of a simple structure of CT spectra.

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