Unimolecular dissociation as diffusion with a radiation boundary condition

Noam Agmon*

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Abstract

Unimolecular decomposition of an isolated polyatomic molecule is discussed in terms of a diffusion equation with a radiation boundary condition, instead of a master equation with an absorbing boundary. This gives a short-cut to evaluating the mean first passage time. More important, it results in simple models, such as the model of diffusion in a linear potential solved here. This model is analytically solvable for the probability distribution and the survival probability, and may be helpful in analyzing future experiments.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5049-5054
Number of pages6
JournalThe Journal of Chemical Physics
Volume80
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 1984

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