VIRTUAL ANGULAR-MOMENTUM - THE DYNAMICS OF INVERTING MOLECULES IN AN ELECTROSTATIC HEXAPOLE FIELD

Authors
CHO VA PIPES LC KIM DY BRANDSTATER N LESTER BW TORRES EA BAUGH DA
Citation
Va. Cho et al., VIRTUAL ANGULAR-MOMENTUM - THE DYNAMICS OF INVERTING MOLECULES IN AN ELECTROSTATIC HEXAPOLE FIELD, The Journal of chemical physics, 104(21), 1996, pp. 8490-8492
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Journal title
The Journal of chemical physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00219606
Volume
104
Issue
21
Year of publication
1996
Pages
8490 - 8492
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9606(1996)104:21<8490:VA-TDO>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
The semiclassical dynamics of a molecule which undergoes tunneling inv ersion while traversing an electrostatic hexapole field is shown to be described by the motion of a two dimensional harmonic oscillator with angular momentum L(upsilon). Analytical expressions are provided whic h show explicitly the dependence of L(upsilon) on the molecular invers ion frequency. A comparison between calculated and experimental focusi ng curves is also presented. (C) 1996 American Institute of Physics.