Spectroscopic characterization of isomerization transition states

JH Baraban, PB Changala, GC Mellau, JF Stanton… - Science, 2015 - science.org
Transition state theory is central to our understanding of chemical reaction dynamics. We
demonstrate a method for extracting transition state energies and properties from a …

Phase-space approach to solving the time-independent Schrödinger equation

A Shimshovitz, DJ Tannor - Physical review letters, 2012 - APS
We propose a method for solving the time-independent Schrödinger equation based on the
von Neumann (vN) lattice of phase space Gaussians. By incorporating periodic boundary …

[HTML][HTML] Communication: An accurate calculation of the S1 C2H2 cis-trans isomerization barrier height

JH Baraban, DA Matthews, JF Stanton - The Journal of Chemical …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
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Cis-trans isomerization in the S1 state of acetylene: Identification of cis-well vibrational levels

AJ Merer, AH Steeves, JH Baraban… - The Journal of …, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
A systematic analysis of the S 1-trans (⁠| ${\rm\tilde A} $| A ̃ 1 A u) state of acetylene, using
IR-UV double resonance along with one-photon fluorescence excitation spectra, has …

The Ã1Au state of acetylene: ungerade vibrational levels in the region 45,800–46,550 cm−1

JH Baraban, PB Changala, AJ Merer… - Molecular …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
The ungerade vibrational levels of the 1Au (S1-trans) state of C2H2 lying in the region
45,800–46,550 cm− 1 have been assigned from IR–UV double resonance spectra. The aim …

[HTML][HTML] Probing cis-trans isomerization in the S1 state of C2H2 via H-atom action and hot band-pumped IR-UV double resonance spectroscopies

PB Changala, JH Baraban, AJ Merer… - The Journal of Chemical …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
We report novel experimental strategies that should prove instrumental in extending the
vibrational and rotational assignments of the S 1 state of acetylene, C 2 H 2, in the region of …

A study of the bending motion in tetratomic molecules by the algebraic operator expansion method

D Larese, MA Caprio, F Pérez-Bernal… - The Journal of Chemical …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
X ̃ 1 A 1 H 2 CO. We show that the algebraic operator expansion method with only linear
terms comprised of the basic operators is able to describe the main features of the level …

Full dimensional Franck-Condon factors for the acetylene 1 A u — transition. I. Method for calculating polyatomic linear—bent vibrational intensity factors …

GB Park - Journal of Chemical Physics, 2014 - osti.gov
Franck-Condon vibrational overlap integrals for the $\tilde {A} $1$ A $ u-$\tilde {X} $1$ Σ
$$^{+} _ {g} $ transition in acetylene have been calculated in full dimension in the harmonic …

Anharmonic force fields of cis- and trans-S1 C2H2

JH Baraban, JF Stanton, AJ Merer, RW Field - Molecular Physics, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
We calculate second-order vibrational perturbation theory (VPT2) anharmonic force fields for
the cis and trans conformers of S1 C2H2, and compare the results to experiment. The …

Reduced dimension rovibrational variational calculations of the S1 state of C2H2. II. The S1 rovibrational manifold and the effects of isomerization

PB Changala, JH Baraban, JF Stanton… - The Journal of …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
Reduced dimension variational calculations have been performed for the rovibrational level
structure of the S 1 state of acetylene. The state exhibits an unusually complicated level …