Abstract

We present a physical model that explains the dependence of the UV cross section of ClOOCl on temperature in the actinic wavelength region measured before by J.J. Lin, A.F. Chen and Y.T. Lee [Chemistry — An Asian Journal, 6, 1664–1678 (2011)]. It was unclear why there are frequency regions in which the cross section decreases with increasing temperature and others in which it increases. This interesting behaviour is now shown to be due to the non-rigidity of the molecule and can be described in terms of the Boltzmann populations of the lowest torsional states and small, non-systematic variations in their absorption cross sections. Combination of these two ingredients produces the non-trivial temperature effect.

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