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Department of Chemistry, IIT Kanpur
FB435 (office), SL304 (group)
phone: +91-512-2597043
Fax: +91-512-2597436
srihari@iitk.ac.in
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We are interested in
understanding and controlling intramolecular vibrational
energy redistribution - the primordial step
in a chemical reaction. We seek both time-dependent
and time-independent (eigenstates) insights using
classical, semiclassical
and quantum perspectives. The primary aim is to highlight the
classical-quantum correspondence of
energy flow dynamics in polyatomic molecules.
More specifically, we hope to elucidate
the phase space topology/transport in such systems which
typically show a mixed regular-chaotic phase space. Ultimately,
we would like to use our insights into classical dynamics to control
both classical and quantum dynamics. A brief introduction
to our research can be found
here and the writeup
gives a bit more detail.
Recent publications
- A. Sethi and Srihari Keshavamurthy,
Bichromatically driven double well: parametric perspective of
the strong-field control landscape reveals the influence of chaotic states,
J. Chem. Phys. 128, 164117 (2008).
- Srihari Keshavamurthy, Dynamical tunneling in molecules:
quantum routes to energy flow, Int. Rev. Phys. Chem. 26,
521 (2007).
- P. Manikandan and Srihari Keshavamurthy,
Intramolecular vibrational energy redistribution of a high
frequency mode in the presence of an internal rotor: Classical thick-layer
diffusion and quantum localization,
J. Chem. Phys. 127, 064303 (2007).
- Aravindan Semparithi and Srihari Keshavamurthy,
Intramolecular vibrational energy redistribution as diffusion in
state space: classical-quantum correspondence, J. Chem. Phys. (communication)
125, 141101 (2006).
- Srihari Keshavamurthy, Resonance-assisted tunneling in three
degrees of freedom without discrete symmetry, Phys. Rev. E (rapid comm.)
72, 045203 (2005).
Biography: B.Sc. (Vivekananda College, Univ. of Madras 1987);
M.S. (Villanova U. 1989 with JR de La Vega);
Ph.D. (Berkeley 1994 with WH Miller);
Postdoc (Cornell with GS Ezra);
Joined IITK (1996);
Gopal Das Bhandari Outstanding
Teacher Award (2008);
Curriculum Vitae.
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