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Laser Studies of the Relaxation and Reaction of Species in Defined Quantum States

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Laser-Induced Processes in Molecules

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This paper reviews recent work in our laboratory in which tunable UV and IR lasers, as well as fixed frequency IR lasers, have been used to excite molecules to specific vibrational levels for studies of their kinetics. The primary objective in these experiments has been to establish accurate rate constants for reactive and inelastic processes in systems where ‘chemical forces’ are likely to influence the collision dynamics.

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  1. Department of Physical Chemistry, University Chemical Laboratories, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, Great Britain

    Ian W. M. Smith

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  1. Projektgruppe für Laserforschung, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V., D-8046, Garching bei München, Fed. Rep. of Germany

    Karl Ludwig Kompa

  2. Department of Physics, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, Scotland

    Stanley Desmond Smith Ph.D. D.Sc. FRS

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Smith, I.W.M. (1979). Laser Studies of the Relaxation and Reaction of Species in Defined Quantum States. In: Kompa, K.L., Smith, S.D. (eds) Laser-Induced Processes in Molecules. Springer Series in Chemical Physics, vol 6. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67254-5_64

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