Dynamics of electron excitation
SEP 01, 1976
Studies of the evolution of electronic states in the single‐atom, two‐electron systems are a first step toward understanding the transitions that occur in chemical reactions.
DOI: 10.1063/1.3023898
A key step in any chemical reaction is the transition of bonding electrons from one stable wave‐mechanical state to another. A complete description of the evolution of states in the course of such transitions remains a distant goal—in spite of our rather extensive knowledge of chemical reactions. This article reviews a start on this problem that has been made in recent years.
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Ugo Fano, University of Chicago.
© 1976 American Institute of Physics
