Metastable Molecules in the Ground and in Excited States, Theory Development, Implementation and Application

Abstract

Our work for the AFOSR has three primary components: Development of new quantum theory for the accurate description of molecular structure and spectra. Implementation of this new theory into general purpose computer programs (ACES II and pralel ACES III) to make it possible for many investigators, besides ourselves, to readily apply these new methods to problems of their interest. Application of these new methods to challenging molecules chosen to test the new methods, and to other systems of interest to AFOSR. These include high energy, density molecules, where the new methods allow an assessment of their energy content, stability, possible synthetic paths, activation barriers, and provide spectroscopic fingerprints for identification. We also make applications of interesting clusters, atmospheric systems, potential interstellar molecules, and to gas phase molecular reactions of the sort that can occur in flames.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 31, 2006
Accession Number
ADA469721

Entities

People

  • Rodney J. Bartlett

Organizations

  • University of Florida

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alkenes
  • Chemistry
  • Computational Chemistry
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programs
  • Contracts
  • Density Functional Theory
  • Energy
  • High Energy
  • Identification
  • Molecular Physics
  • Molecules
  • Perturbation Theory
  • Physics
  • Potential Energy
  • Quantum Chemistry
  • Quantum Mechanics

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Quantum Chemistry
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Quantum Computing
  • Space