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American Physical Society, Physical Review Letters, 14(113), 2014

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.113.143002

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Does the “Reef Structure” at the Ozone Transition State towards the Dissociation Exist? New Insight from Calculations and Ultrasensitive Spectroscopy Experiments

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Abstract

Since the discovery of anomalies in ozone isotope enrichment, several fundamental issues in the dynamics linked to the shape of the potential energy surface in the transition state region have been raised. The role of the reeflike structure on the minimum energy path is an intricate question previously discussed in the context of chemical experiments. In this Letter, we bring strong arguments in favor of the absence of a submerged barrier from ultrasensitive laser spectroscopy experiments combined with accurate predictions of highly excited vibrations up to nearly 95% of the dissociation threshold.