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Photodissociation Dynamics Photodissociation dynamics play an important role in atmospheric chemistry, and they also lead to new understanding of heats of formation and dissociation energies important in combustion reactions. Publications on Ozone (completed project) Publications on HCO (competed project) Pre-1996 Photodissociation Studies J. A. Mueller, S. A. Rogers, and P. L. Houston, "Zero Kinetic Energy Photofragment Spectroscopy: The Threshold Dissociation of NO2," J. Phys. Chem. A 102, 9666-9673 (1998) pdf format L. M. Dobeck, H. M. Lambert, W. Kong, P. Pisano, and P. L. Houston, "H2 Production in the 440-nm Photodissociation of Glyoxal, J. Phys. Chem. A, 103, 10312-10323 (1999) pdf format B. R. Cosofret, S. M. Dylewski, and P. L. Houston, "Changes in the vibrational population of SO(3Sigma-) from the photodissociation of SO2 between 202 and 207 nm," J. Phys. Chem. 104, 10240-10246 (2000). pdf format   There is also a short summary available of this paper. P. A. Arnold, B. R. Cosofret, S. M. Dylewski, P. L. Houston, and B. K. Carpenter, "Evidence of a Double Surface Crossing Between Open and Closed Shell Surfaces in the Photodissociation of Cyclopropyl Iodide," J. Phys. Chem. A 105, 1693-1701 (2001). pdf format Bogdan R. Cosofret, H. Mark Lambert, and Paul L. Houston, "N(2D) Product Velocity Mapped Imaging in the VUV Photolysis of Nitrous Oxide at 118.2 nm," Bull. Korean Chem. Soc. 23, 179-183 (2002), (K.-H. Jung commemorative issue). pdf format S. Gómez, H. M. Lambert and P. L. Houston, "The 193-nm Photodissociation of NCO," J. Phys. Chem. A 105, 6342-6352 (2001). pdf format   There is also a short summary available of this paper. Bogdan R. Cosofret, H. Mark Lambert, and Paul L. Houston, "Two-photon Photodissociation of NO through Rydberg Levels in the 265-278 nm region: Spectra and Photofragment Angular Distributions," J. Chem. Phys. 117, 8787-8799 (2002). pdf format.   A slide show is also available that discusseses this paper A. A. Dixit, Y. Lei, K. W. Lee, E. Quinones, and P. L. Houston, "Dissociation of sulphur dioxide by ultraviolet multiphoton absorption between 224 and 232 nm," J. Phys. Chem. A 109, 1770-1775 (2005). pdf format H. M. Lambert, A. A. Dixit, E. W. Davis and P. L. Houston, "Quantum Yields for Product Formation in the 120-130 nm Photodissociation of O2," J. Chem. Phys. 121, 10437-10446 (2004). pdf format H. M. Lambert, E. W. Davis, O. Tokel, A. A. Dixit, and P. L. Houston, "Photodissociation Channels for N2O near 130 nm Studied by Product Imaging," J. Chem. Phys. 122, 174304-7 (2005). pdf format Hahkjoon Kim, Kristin S. Dooley, Simon W. North, G. E. Hall, and P. L. Houston, "Anisotropy of photofragment recoil as a function of dissociation lifetime, excitation frequency, rotational level and rotational constant," J. Chem. Phys. 125, 133316-26 (2006). pdf format P. L. Houston and S. H. Kable, "Photodissociation of acetaldehyde as a second example of the roaming mechanism" Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 103, 16079-16082 (2006). pdf format See commentary by Joel Bowman: pdf format This work is supported by The Chemistry Division of the National Science Foundation "Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation." and The Office of Basic Energy Sciences of the Department of Energy