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Advanced
Series in Physical Chemistry - Vol. 17 ![]()
CONICAL INTERSECTIONS
Theory, Computation and Experiment
edited by Wolfgang Domcke (Technical University of Munich,
Germany), David R Yarkony (Johns Hopkins University,
USA) & Horst Köppe (Heidelberg University, Germany)
750pp (approx.)
978-981-4313-44-5: US$190 / £131 US$142.50
/ £98.25
The concept of adiabatic electronic potential-energy
surfaces, defined by the Born-Oppenheimer approximation, is fundamental
to our thinking about chemical processes. Recent computational as well
as experimental studies have produced ample evidence that the so-called
conical intersections of electronic energy surfaces, predicted by von
Neumann and Wigner in 1929, are the rule rather than the exception in
polyatomic molecules. It is nowadays increasingly recognized that
conical intersections play a key mechanistic role in chemical reaction
dynamics. This volume provides an up-to-date overview of the
multi-faceted research on the role of conical intersections in
photochemistry and photobiology, including basic theoretical concepts,
novel computational strategies as well as innovative experiments. The
contents and discussions will be of value to advanced students and
researchers in photochemistry, molecular spectroscopy and related
areas.
Contents:
- Fundamentals:
- Multi-State Conical Intersections
- Spin-Orbit Vibronic Coupling at Conical
Intersections
- Chemical Dynamics:
- Dynamics at Multi-State Conical
Intersections
- Effects of a Dissipative Environment
- Nonadiabatic Quantum Wave-Packet Dynamics
- Semiclassical Approximations
- Control of Ultrafast Dynamics
- Applications:
- Conical Intersections in Organic
Photochemistry and Photobiology
- Ultrafast Radiationless Decay and
Photostability
- High-Resolution Photoelectron and
Photofragment Spectroscopy
- Femtosecond Real-Time Spectroscopy of
Ultrafast Chemical Processes
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