Metastable Autoionizing States of Molecules and Radicals in Highly Energetic Environment
Abstract
The scope of this grant was electronic structure method development targeting electronic states that are metastable with respect to electron detachment and computational studies of fundamental chemical processes involving molecules and radicals in highly excited states. Such metastable electronic states, which lie above the ionization (or electron-detachment) continuum, are called resonances; they are common in energetic environments such as plasma, which is generated in electric arcs, supersonic combustion, fusion reactors, plasma displays, extremely hot flames, lightning, polar aurorae, etc. Plasmas (and, consequently, these metastable states) play an important role in technology. Moreover, the quantum mechanical description of resonances is of fundamental importance on its own it is a prerequisite for understanding chemical dynamics in plasmas and matter in high energy environments.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 03, 2019
- Accession Number
- AD1092454
Entities
People
- Anna Krylov
Organizations
- University of Southern California