PROBING OF ALIGNMENT AND ORIENTATION USING ELECTRIC-DIPOLE-FORBIDDEN TRANSITIONS

Authors
TAATJES CA STOLTE S
Citation
Ca. Taatjes et S. Stolte, PROBING OF ALIGNMENT AND ORIENTATION USING ELECTRIC-DIPOLE-FORBIDDEN TRANSITIONS, Journal of the Chemical Society. Faraday transactions, 89(10), 1993, pp. 1551-1565
Citations number
68
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Physical","Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Journal title
Journal of the Chemical Society. Faraday transactions → ACNP
ISSN journal
09565000
Volume
89
Issue
10
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1551 - 1565
Database
ISI
SICI code
0956-5000(1993)89:10<1551:POAAOU>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
The probing of aligned and oriented molecules or atoms by electric qua drupole and magnetic dipole transitions is described using the spheric al tensor formalism. The case of cylindrical symmetry is treated expli citly. It is shown bow moments of the initial angular momentum distrib ution up to rank 4 are obtainable using electric quadrupole radiation. The interference between electric quadrupole and magnetic dipole tran sitions is also treated.