title: Resonance spectrum and dissociation dynamics of ozone in the 3B2 electronically excited state: experiment and theory.
abstract: The rovibrational spectrum assigned to the low-lying (3)B(2) electronic state of ozone is measured with intracavity laser absorption spectroscopy. The experimental results are interpreted by means of quantum dynamical calculations on a global ab initio potential energy surface. The observed spectrum is shown to originate from the vibrational ground state in the local minimum of the (3)B(2) potential. The spectrum of short-lived resonance states in this local minimum is analyzed. Additionally, the global minimum of the surface is shown to lie in the dissociation channel in the van der Waals region. This region supports a short sequence of weakly bound vibrational states.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Universität Göttingen, 37077 Gottingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Sabine F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Deppe
authors.forename: Uwe
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Wachsmuth
authors.forename: Bernd
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Abel
authors.forename: Martina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bittererová
authors.forename: Sergy Yu
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Grebenshchikov
authors.forename: Rüdiger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Siebert
authors.forename: Reinhard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schinke