Ultrafast 25-fs relaxation in highly excited states of methyl azide mediated by strong nonadiabatic coupling
- aJILA, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309;
- bDepartment of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309;
- cTheoretical Physical Chemistry, Unité de Recherche Molecular Systems (UR MOLSYS) University of Liège, B4000 Liège, Belgium;
- dDepartment of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202;
- eDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460
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Contributed by Margaret M. Murnane, October 14, 2017 (sent for review July 16, 2017; reviewed by Elliot Bernstein and Arthur Suits)

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- William K. Petersa,b,1,
- David E. Coucha,b,
- Benoit Mignoletc,
- Xuetao Shid,
- Quynh L. Nguyena,b,
- Ryan C. Fortenberrye,
- H. Bernhard Schlegeld,
- Françoise Remaclec,
- Henry C. Kapteyna,b,
- Margaret M. Murnanea,b,1, and
- Wen Lid
- aJILA, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309;
- bDepartment of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309;
- cTheoretical Physical Chemistry, Unité de Recherche Molecular Systems (UR MOLSYS) University of Liège, B4000 Liège, Belgium;
- dDepartment of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202;
- eDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460
Contributed by Margaret M. Murnane, October 14, 2017 (sent for review July 16, 2017; reviewed by Elliot Bernstein and Arthur Suits)
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- ↵1To whom correspondence may be addressed. Email: william.peters{at}colorado.edu or Margaret.Murnane{at}colorado.edu.
Author contributions: W.K.P., D.E.C., B.M., R.C.F., H.B.S., F.R., H.C.K., M.M.M., and W.L. designed research; W.K.P., D.E.C., B.M., X.S., Q.L.N., R.C.F., H.B.S., and F.R. performed research; W.K.P., D.E.C., B.M., X.S., Q.L.N., R.C.F., H.B.S., F.R., H.C.K., M.M.M., and W.L. analyzed data; and W.K.P., B.M., and M.M.M. wrote the paper.
Reviewers: E.B., Colorado State University; and A.S., University of Missouri.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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