Physical Review Letters · 1984 · 102 citations · 7 references
Natural SciencesChemistryPhysicsMolecular PhysicsPhysical ChemistrySpectroscopyMolecular Energy LevelsMolecular SpectroscopyMolecular ThermodynamicsMolecular VibrationReaction DynamicsVibrational SpectroscopyIntramolecular Vibrational RedistributionIntramolecular VibrationsMolecular Vibrational DynamicsPicosecond SpectroscopyPolyatomic Molecular VibrationsVibrational Energy LevelsVibrational Relaxation
With picosecond spectroscopy and molecular beams it is shown that nonchaotic multilevel vibrational energy flow is present in large polyatomic molecules. This Letter reports on this novel observation and its probing of the fundamental process of energy redistribution in molecules.
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