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Dear Colleagues,<br><br>
The G.R. Harrison Spectroscopy Laboratory and the Department of
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science would like to invite you to
the next seminar in our series on Modern Optics and
Spectroscopy.<br><br>
Date & Time:<x-tab> </x-tab>Tuesday, April 6,
12 noon 1 PM<br><br>
Location:<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab> </x-tab>Grier
Room (34-401)<br><br>
Speaker:<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab> </x-tab><b>Ed
Grant</b>, Purdue University<br><br>
Title:<x-tab> </x-tab><i><x-tab> </x-tab>Frequency
Domain Observations of Electron Orbital - Rovibrational
Coupling<br><br>
</i>Refreshments will be served following the talk.<br><br>
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Abstract:<br><br>
<b>Ed Grant</b>, Purdue University<br>
<i>Frequency Domain Observations of Electron Orbital - Rovibrational
Coupling<br>
</i><font face="Times New Roman, Times">Electronic relaxation encountered
in molecules excited to levels near and above their first ionization
thresholds presents a particularly well-defined problem in
non-Born-Oppenheimer dynamics. Here, intramolecular energy transfer
that leads to electron ejection or electron capture can be conveniently
framed in terms of coupling between approximately separable
orbital-electronic and cation-core internal degrees of freedom.
These dynamics are important because they are universal; all molecules
ionize. Specific interactions encountered in this regime relate to
the elementary dynamics of electron transfer, and connect directly with
theories of electron-cation inelastic scattering. This talk will
present the results of new experiments in the frequency domain that use
double- and triple-resonance spectroscopy to measure line shapes and
positions which have been altered by the coupling of electron orbital
motion with vibration and rotation in the simple molecules, BH, HCO and
NO</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=1><sub>2</sub></font><font face="Times New Roman, Times">.<br><br>
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Vinnie Russo * vrusso@mit.edu * Office Manager<br>
MIT; G.R. Harrison Spectroscopy Laboratory<br>
77 Mass. Ave., 6-014 * Cambridge, MA 02139<br>
(v) 617-253-9774 * (f) 617-253-4513</html>