Quantum mechanical study of photodissociation of oriented ClNO(S1)

Abstract

We report a full-dimensional, quantum mechanical study of the photodissociation dynamics of ClNO(S₁) with the complete (JMK) selection of the parent state. Total cross-sections, product-state distributions, and photofragment angular distributions are computed. The influence of the parent rotation and orientation on the dissociation dynamics is analysed. The calculations were carried out using a time-independent propagation method based on Chebyshev polynomials, which combines the accuracy and efficiency essential for the type of problem considered.