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Structure and Marker Mode of The Primary Electron Donor State Absorption of Photosynthetic Bacteria: Hole Burned Spectra

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Perspectives in Photosynthesis

Part of the book series: The Jerusalem Symposia on Quantum Chemistry and Biochemistry ((JSQC,volume 22))

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Structured photochemical hole burned spectra are presented for P870 and P960 of the reaction centers (RC) of Rhodobacter sphaeroides and Rhodopseudomonas viridis. A special pair marker mode (ωsp) Franck-Condon progression is identified for both P870 and P960. Zero-phonon holes are reported which yield P870* and P960* decay times in good agreement with the time domain values. This agreement suggests that vibrational thermalization occurs prior to the primary charge separation process. The theory of Hayes and Small [1], embellished for the marker mode progression, is shown to account for the primary donor state absorption and burn-wavelength dependent hole spectra. Site excitation energy selection is used to establish correlation between a higher energy RC state and P* for both bacteria.

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Tang, D., Johnson, S.G., Jankowiak, R., Hayes, J.M., Small, G.J., Tiede, D.M. (1990). Structure and Marker Mode of The Primary Electron Donor State Absorption of Photosynthetic Bacteria: Hole Burned Spectra. In: Jortner, J., Pullman, B. (eds) Perspectives in Photosynthesis. The Jerusalem Symposia on Quantum Chemistry and Biochemistry, vol 22. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0489-7_10

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