A derivation of the master equation by restricted quantum exchange

Kenneth G. Kay, James Stone, Everett Thiele, Myron F. Goodman

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Abstract

The Pauli master equation for intramolecular vibrational relaxation and the heat bath feedback Bloch equations for radiative pumping of polyatomic molecules can be derived by replacing the standard assumption of random matrix element coupling between zero-order vibrational states by an assumption that relaxation is governed by restricted quantum exchange.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)539-542
Number of pages4
JournalChemical Physics Letters
Volume82
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Sep 1981
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by NSF Grants CHE 73-10020 and CHE 79-10385. Much of the work was carried out durmg d workshop sponsored by NRCC and CECAM at the UniversitC Paris-Sud, France; we thank Dr. Cxl &loser and Dr. William A. Lester for support. We also wish to thank Ms. Sarah Wright for skillful typing of the m.muscript.

Funding

This work was supported in part by NSF Grants CHE 73-10020 and CHE 79-10385. Much of the work was carried out durmg d workshop sponsored by NRCC and CECAM at the UniversitC Paris-Sud, France; we thank Dr. Cxl &loser and Dr. William A. Lester for support. We also wish to thank Ms. Sarah Wright for skillful typing of the m.muscript.

FundersFunder number
National Science FoundationCHE 73-10020, CHE 79-10385

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