Theory of molecular rate processes in the presence of intense laser radiationThe present paper deals with the influence of intense laser radiation on gas-phase molecular rate processes. Representations of the radiation field, the particle system, and the interaction involving these two entities are discussed from a general rather than abstract point of view. The theoretical methods applied are outlined, and the formalism employed is illustrated by application to a variety of specific processes. Quantum mechanical and semiclassical treatments of representative atom-atom and atom-diatom collision processes in the presence of a field are examined, and examples of bound-continuum processes and heterogeneous catalysis are discussed within the framework of both quantum-mechanical and semiclassical theories.
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19790056587
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Legacy CDMS
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Other - Collected Works
Authors
George, T. F. (Rochester Univ. NY, United States)
Zimmerman, I. H. (Rochester Univ. NY, United States)
Devries, P. L. (Rochester Univ. NY, United States)
Yuan, J.-M. (Rochester Univ. NY, United States)
Lam, K.-S. (Rochester Univ. NY, United States)
Bellum, J. C. (Rochester Univ. NY, United States)
Lee, H.-W. (Rochester Univ. NY, United States)
Slutsky, M. S. (Rochester Univ. NY, United States)
Lin, J.-T. (Rochester, University Rochester, N.Y., United States)