1. Temperature-dependence of the UV cross section of dichlorine peroxide in the tail region of the 244 nm signal
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Najoua Derbel, Alexander Alijah, Thibaud Cours, Olfa Ferchichi, Groupe de spectrométrie moléculaire et atmosphérique (GSMA), and Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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General Physics and Astronomy ,02 engineering and technology ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,Peroxide ,Signal ,Molecular physics ,0104 chemical sciences ,Photoexcitation ,symbols.namesake ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Cross section (physics) ,Wavelength ,chemistry ,Boltzmann constant ,symbols ,Molecule ,[CHIM]Chemical Sciences ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,0210 nano-technology ,Absorption (electromagnetic radiation) - Abstract
We present a physical model that explains the dependence of the UV cross section of ClOOCl on temperature in the actinic wavelength region measured before by J.J. Lin, A.F. Chen and Y.T. Lee [Chemistry — An Asian Journal, 6, 1664–1678 (2011)]. It was unclear why there are frequency regions in which the cross section decreases with increasing temperature and others in which it increases. This interesting behaviour is now shown to be due to the non-rigidity of the molecule and can be described in terms of the Boltzmann populations of the lowest torsional states and small, non-systematic variations in their absorption cross sections. Combination of these two ingredients produces the non-trivial temperature effect.
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- 2021