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The electronic transitions and photodissociation of the bromine molecule were studied in the visible-near UV continuum using dynamic simulation. The molar extinction coefficients in this study were obtained in numerical calculations. The quantum yields of the spin-orbit Br*(2 P 1/2) product at different photon frequencies were determined. Time-dependent density functional theory was used to analyze the highest five occupied and lowest five unoccupied Br2 orbitals. The transition to the 1Π u state was found to be most probable in the visible-near UV absorption range.
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Zhang, D. Investigations of electronic transitions and photodissociation of the bromine molecule. Russ. J. Phys. Chem. 82, 2299–2304 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0036024408130232
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