title: Spin-orbit mechanism of predissociation in the Wulf band of ozone.
abstract: Previously calculated resonance widths of the ground vibrational levels in the electronic states 1 (3)A" ((3)A(2)) and 1 (3)A' ((3)B(2)), which belong to the Wulf band system of ozone, are significantly smaller than observed experimentally. We demonstrate that predissociation is drastically enhanced by spin-orbit coupling between 1 (3)A"/X (1)A' and 1 (3)A'/1 (3)A". Multistate quantum mechanical calculations using ab initio spin-orbit coupling matrix elements give linewidths of optically bright components of the right order of magnitude.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck-Institut für Dynamik und Selbstorganisation, D-37073 Göttingen, Germany. sgreben@gwdg.de
authors.forename: S Yu
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Grebenshchikov
authors.forename: Z-W
authors.initials: ZW
authors.lastname: Qu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schinke