Joel Bowman

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Our recent work has focused on photodissociation of H₂CO, reactive scattering of O(³P)+HCl, Dynamics of CH₅⁺ (see mpeg below), isotope effects in ozone recombination, acetylene/vinylidene isomerization.

Related recent publications

Overview of reduced dimensionality quantum approaches to reactive scattering, J. M. Bowman, Theor. Chem. Acc. 108, 125 (2002).

Full dimensionality quantum calculations of acetylene/vinylidene isomerization, S.-L. Zou and J. M. Bowman, J. Chem. Phys. 117, 5507 (2002).

Radiative relaxation and isomeric branching of highly excited H/C/N: The importance of delocalized vibrational states T. Barger, A. M. Wodtke, and J. M. Bowman, Ap. J., 587, 841 (2003).

A new ab initio potential energy surface describing acetylene/vinylidene isomerization, J. M. Bowman and S.-L. Zou, Chem. Phys. Lett. 368, 421 (2003).

Full-dimensionality quantum calculations of acetylene <--> vinylidene isomerization, S.-L. Zou, J. M. Bowman, and A. Brown, J. Chem. Phys. 118, 10012 (2003).

Quantum and classical studies of vibrational motion of CH₅⁺ on a global potential energy surface obtained from a novel ab initio direct dynamics approach, A. Brown, A. B. McCoy, B. J. Braams, Z. Jin, and J. M. Bowman, J. Chem. Phys., 121, 4105 (2004).

Classical and quasiclassical spectral analysis of CH₅⁺ using an ab initio potential energy surface, A. Brown, B. J. Braams, K. M. Christoffel, Z. Jin, and J. M. Bowman, J. Chem. Phys. 119, 8790 (2003).

The Dynamics of CH5+ Classical dynamics of non-rotating CH5+ with total internal energy of 8000 cm-1. (Click here to view mpeg) (Quicktime is needed to view this mpeg.)

Quantum calculations of the rate constant for the O(³P) + HCl reaction on new ab initio ³A" and ³A' surfaces, T. Xie, J. M. Bowman, K. A. Peterson, and B. Ramachandran, J. Chem. Phys. 119, 9601 (2003).

Enhancement of tunneling due to resonances in pre-barrier wells in chemical reactions, J. M. Bowman, Chem. Phys. 308, 255 (2005).

A reduced dimensionality quasi-classical and quantum study of the proton transfer reaction H₃O⁺ + H₂O --> H₂O + H₃O⁺, J. Rheinecker, T. Xie, and J. M. Bowman, J. Chem. Phys. 120, 7018 (2004).

Experimental and theoretical study of the infrared spectra of BrHI^- and BrDI^-, M. J. Nee, A. D. Osterwalder, D. M. Neumark, C. Kaposta, C. C. Uhalte, T. Xie, A. L. Kaledin, J. M. Bowman, S. Carter, and K. R. Asmis, J. Chem. Phys. 121, 7529 (2004).

Quantum and quasi-classical studies of the O(³P) + HCl --> OH + Cl(²P) reaction using benchmark potential surfaces, T. Xie, J. M. Bowman, J. W. Duff and M. Braunstein, and B. Ramachandran, J. Chem. Phys. 122, 014301 (2005).

Quasiclassical trajectory studies of the dynamics of H₂CO on a global ab initio-based potential energy surface, J. L. Rheinecker, X. Zhang, and J. M. Bowman, Mol. Phys. 103, 1067 (2005).

The roaming atom: Straying from the reaction path in formaldehyde decomposition, D. Townsend, S. A. Lahankar, S. K. Lee, S. D. Chambreau, A. G. Suits, X. Zhang, J. Rheinecker, L. B. Harding and J. M. Bowman, Science 306, 1158 (2004). (Click here to view this roaming atom mechanism.)

Quasiclassical trajectory study of formaldehyde: H₂CO --> H₂+CO, H+HCO, X. Zhang, J. L. Rheinecker, and J. M. Bowman, J. Chem. Phys. 122, 114313 (2005).

Quantum inelastic scattering study of isotope effects in ozone stabilization dynamics, Tiao Xie and J. M. Bowman, Chem. Phys. Lett. 412, 061101 (2005).