diabatic photoreaction
Within the Born–Oppenheimer approximation, a reaction beginning on one
excited state
'
potential-energy surface
' and ending, as a result of
radiationless transition
, on another surface, usually that of the
ground state
. Also called non-
adiabatic
.
See also:
adiabatic photoreaction
Source:
PAC, 1996,
68
, 2223
(Glossary of terms used in photochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996))
on page 2235