Advances in Chemical Reaction Dynamics

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Translational Energy Release in the Photodissociation of Aromatic Molecules....Pages 1-20
The Structure of the Transition State as Inferred from Product State Distributions....Pages 21-39
Studies of Rapid Intramolecular and Intraionic Dynamic Processes with Two-Color Picosecond Lasers and Mass Spectrometry....Pages 41-55
Detection of Dipolar Contribution to the Mechanism of the Triplet-Triplet Energy Transfer Process in Molecular Solids....Pages 57-70
Gas Phase Chain Polymerization....Pages 71-113
Comments on Clusters in Beams, Spectroscopy, and Phase Transitions....Pages 115-133
Energy Transfer in Collisions of Positive Halogen Ions with Rare Gas Atoms....Pages 135-143
Correlations in Picosecond Pulse Scattering: Applications for Fast Reaction Dynamics....Pages 145-150
Picosecond Transient Raman Studies: Technique and Applications....Pages 151-163
Picosecond Specttroscopy of Iron Porphyrins and Hemoproteins....Pages 165-170
Intermolecular Proton Transfer....Pages 171-178
Molecular Dynamics of Liquid Phase Reactions by Time-Resolved Resonance Raman Spectroscopy....Pages 179-205
High Sensitivity, Time-Resolved Absorption Spectroscopy by Intracavity Laser Techniques....Pages 207-228
Dynamics of Excited States of an Atom Interacting with Strong Laser Fields....Pages 229-249
Dynamics of Excited States of Two Identical Atoms Interacting with Strong Laser Fields....Pages 251-266
Stimulated One-Photon and Multiphoton Processes in Strongly Driven Multilevel Atomic Systems....Pages 267-287
Ab-Initio Multireference Determinant Configuration Interaction (MRD-CI) and CASSCF Calculations on Energetic Compounds....Pages 289-309
Crystal Structures of Energetic Compounds: Ab-Initio Potential Functions and Ab-Initio Crystal Orbitals....Pages 311-326
Theoretical Studies of the C 4 Molecule....Pages 327-338
Fractal Aspects of Heterogeneous Chemical Reactions....Pages 339-344
The Propagation of Turbulent Flames and Detonations in Tubes....Pages 345-378
KrF Laser Induced Decomposition of Tetranitromethane....Pages 379-394
Infrared Laser Multiphoton Decomposition of 1,3,5 Trinitrohexahydro-S-Triazine (RDX)....Pages 395-404
Transient Photochemistry of Nitrobenzene and Nitronaphthalenes....Pages 405-414
Dynamics of the Collision Free Unimolecular Fragmentation of Primary Alkyl Epoxides....Pages 415-424
Coherent and Spontaneous Raman Spectroscopy in Shocked and Unshocked Liquids....Pages 425-454
Reaction Products of Energetic Materials Heated by Short Laser Pulses....Pages 455-458
Spectroscopy as a Tool to Probe Laser Initiation of Primary Explosives....Pages 459-467
Dislocation Pile-Up Mechanism for Initiation of Energetic Crystals....Pages 469-474
Laser Emission at 502nm Induced by KrF Laser Multiphoton Dissociation of HgBr 2 ....Pages 475-482
The Dynamics of Electric Field Effects in Low Polar Solutions: The Field Modulation Method....Pages 483-502
High Electric Field Perturbation and Relaxation of Dipole Equilibria. A Hazardous Undertaking?....Pages 503-523
The Mechanism of Energy Storage in the Reaction Center in Photosynthetic Bacteria and Attempts to Simulate Processes using Monolayer Assembly Technique....Pages 525-550
Structure and Dynamics of Metal-Nucleic Acid Interactions....Pages 551-563
Detection and Characterization of Short-Lived Species by Nanosecond Time-Resolved Spectroscopic Techniques....Pages 565-570
Formation, Decay, and Spectral Characterization of Some Sulfonyl Radicals....Pages 571-579
Density and Concentration Fluctuations in Macromolecular Systems as Probed by Dynamic Laser Light Scattering....Pages 581-587
Back Matter....Pages 589-612