Dr. Susanta Mahapatra

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsTheoretical Chemistry: Electron Structure, Dynamics, Simulation,Spectroscopy
KeywordsMolekülspektroskopie, Photochemie, Reaktionsdynamik, Nonadiabatic dynamics, Conical intersections

Current contact address

CountryIndia
CityHyderabad
InstitutionUniversity of Hyderabad
InstituteSchool of Chemistry

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Lorenz S CederbaumPhysikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg
Prof. Dr. Horst KöppelPhysikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang DomckeLehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie, Technische Universität München, Garching
Start of initial sponsorship01/07/1997

Programme(s)

1996Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme
2001Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Dr. Mahapatra has made important contributions to the theoretical understanding of nonadiabatic chemical reaction dynamics both in bimolecular collisions and in unimolecular reactions. The aim of the research project at the Technical University of Munich and the University of Heidelberg is a first-principles investigation of the photochemistry of the allyl radiacal that plays a central role in many organic reactions.

Publications (partial selection)

2004Susanta Mahapatra and Subhas Ghosal: A time-dependent wave packet study of the vibronic and spin-orbit interactions in the dynamics of Cl(2P)+H2->HCl(X1 Sigma g +)+H(2S) reaction. In: J. of Chem. Phys, 2004, 5740-5753
2004Susanta Mahapatra, V. Vallet, C. Woywod, H. Köppel and W. Domcke: Multimode Jahn-Teller and pseudo-Jahn-Teller coupling effects in the photoelectron spectrum of CH3F. In: Chem. Phys, 2004, 17-34
2004Susanta Mahapatra: Quantum Reaction Dynamics on Coupled Multi-Sheeted Potential Energy Surfaces (Chapter 13). In: Wolfgang Domcke, David R. Yarkony and Horst Köppel, Conical Intersections. Electronic structure, dynamics & spectroscopy (= Advanced Series in Physical Chemistry, Vol. 15). World Scientific, 2004. 555-581
2004Susanta Mahapatra and R. Padmanaban: Resonances in three-dimensional H+HLi scattering: A time-dependent wave packet dynamical study. In: J. of Chem. Phys, 2004, 1746-1755
2004Susanta Mahapatra: Spectroscopy and reactive scattering dynamics at conical intersections of potential energy surfaces. Quantum Dynamics at Conical Intersections. CCP6, 2004. 73-80
2004Susanta Mahapatra, T.S. Venkatesan, L.S. Cederbaum and H. Köppel: Theoretical Investigation of Jahn-Teller Dynamics in 2E' Electronic Ground State of the Cyclopropane Radial Cation. In: J. Phys. Chem. A, 2004, 2256-2267
2004Susanta Mahapatra and Subhas Ghosal: Theoretical study of the photodetachment spectroscopy of ClH2-. In: Chem. Phys. Lett, 2004, 207-214
2004Susanta Mahapatra, V. Vallet, Z. Lan, A.L. Sobolewski and W. Domcke: Time-dependent quantum wave-packet description of the 1pi-sigma* photochemistry of pyrrole. In: Faraday Discuss, 2004, 283-293