Communication: Multi-state analysis of the OCS ultraviolet absorption including vibrational structure
Author(s) -
Johan A. Schmidt,
Matthew S. Johnson,
George C. McBane,
Reinhard Schinke
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the journal of chemical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.071
H-Index - 357
eISSN - 1089-7690
pISSN - 0021-9606
DOI - 10.1063/1.3701699
Subject(s) - excitation , dipole , singlet state , atomic physics , chemistry , absorption (acoustics) , transition dipole moment , carbonyl sulfide , absorption band , triplet state , molecular physics , excited state , physics , optics , sulfur , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics
The first absorption band of OCS (carbonyl sulfide) is analyzed using potential energy surfaces and transition dipole moment functions of the lowest four singlet and the lowest four triplet states. Excitation of the 2 (1)A' state is predominant except at very low photon energies. It is shown that the vibrational structures in the center of the band are due to excitation of the 2 (3)A'' triplet state, whereas the structures at very low energies are caused by bending excitation in the potential wells of states 2 (1)A' and 1 (1)A''.
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