10.6084/m9.figshare.1012298.v1 S Vranckx S Vranckx J Loreau J Loreau M Desouter-Lecomte M Desouter-Lecomte N Vaeck N Vaeck Autocorrelation function for the photodissociation of the <em>v</em> = 5 (black) and <em>v</em> = 15 (red) levels of the <em>b</em> <sup>3</sup>Σ<sup>+</sup> state towards higher excited <sup>3</sup>Σ<sup>+</sup> states IOP Publishing 2013 wavepacket method chem radiative association rate constants radiative association 33 vibrational levels photodissociation section Atomic Physics Molecular Physics 2013-07-09 00:00:00 Figure https://iop.figshare.com/articles/figure/_Autocorrelation_function_for_the_photodissociation_of_the_em_v_em_5_black_and_em_v_em_15_red_levels/1012298 <p><strong>Figure 2.</strong> Autocorrelation function for the photodissociation of the <em>v</em> = 5 (black) and <em>v</em> = 15 (red) levels of the <em>b</em> <sup>3</sup>Σ<sup>+</sup> state towards higher excited <sup>3</sup>Σ<sup>+</sup> states. In the case of <em>v</em> = 5, two different timescales can clearly be observed (with the direct photodissociation contribution appearing before 2000 au of time), unlike in the case of <em>v</em> = 15.</p> <p><strong>Abstract</strong></p> <p>We illustrate some of the difficulties that may be encountered when computing photodissociation and radiative association cross sections from the same time-dependent approach based on wavepacket propagation. The total and partial photodissociation cross sections from the 33 vibrational levels of the <em>b</em> <sup>3</sup>Σ<sup>+</sup> state of HeH<sup>+</sup> towards the nine other <sup>3</sup>Σ<sup>+</sup> and 6 <sup>3</sup>Π <em>n</em> = 2, 3 higher lying electronic states are calculated, using the autocorrelation method introduced by Heller (1978 <em>J. Chem. Phys.</em> <strong>68</strong> 3891) and the method based on the asymptotic behaviour of wavepackets introduced by Balint-Kurti <em>et al</em> (1990 <em>J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans.</em> <strong>86</strong> 1741). The corresponding radiative association cross sections are extracted from the same calculations, and the photodissociation and radiative association rate constants are determined.</p>