Connections between Electronic Bound and Resonant States in Molecules
by
Ann Orel(Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Davis)
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Europe/Stockholm
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Description
In most collisions between electrons and molecules or molecular ions, there is
little transfer of energy from the electron to the nuclear motion of the
system. However, in resonant cases, the electron forms a temporary state, which
changes the forces between the atoms, leading to vibrational excitation and in
some cases dissociation. I will discuss our approach to studying these resonant
states ranging from scattering calculations using the complex Kohn variational
method to quantum chemistry calculations. I will use examples from dissociative
recombination to illustrate the interplay between scattering and structure in
understanding these systems.
