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The laser induced photodissociation of a number of van der Waals molecules has now been studied. Prior to this work, all of these van der Waals photodissociation reactions have been predissociations [1] involving laser excitation to a quasi-bound state. In this case the energy that will eventually be used to break the van der Waals bond is initially stored in some other vibrational mode, usually one of the vibrational modes of the chemically bound part of the molecule. After a finite period of time energy is transferred from the storage mode to the dissociating van der Waals mode, and the bond is broken.
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Carrasquillo, E., Langridge-Smith, P.R.R., Levy, D.H. (1981). The Direct Photodissociation of Van Der Waals Molecules. In: McKellar, A.R.W., Oka, T., Stoicheff, B.P. (eds) Laser Spectroscopy V. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 30. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-38804-3_60
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