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Overview

Millard H. Alexander is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy, Chemistry, and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Within these broader disciplines, their work focuses on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Spectroscopy, Atmospheric Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics, as well as Global and Planetary Change.

Their research topics include:

  • Spectroscopy and Laser Applications
  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates
  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
  • Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics

Several recent publications provide insight into Alexander's research contributions:

  • Hibridon: A program suite for time-independent non-reactive quantum scattering calculations, 2023, Computer Physics Communications
  • The excitation of OH by H2 revisited - II. Hyperfine resolved rate coefficients, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Rotational energy transfer kinetics of optically centrifuged CO molecules investigated through transient IR spectroscopy and master equation simulations, 2022, Faraday Discussions
  • Development of the Time-Independent Methods for the Cl + H2/F + HD Reaction Using Hyper-Spherical Coordinates Including (Full) Spin-Orbit Characteristics, 2024, Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
  • Nascent Rotational Distributions of CO Excited by Optical Centrifuge and Master Equation Modeling of Collisional Energy Transfer, 2021, Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science 2021

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Alexander include:

  • Paul J. Dagdigian
  • Jacek Kłos
  • François Lique
  • Matthew R. Laskowski
  • Amy S. Mullin

Alexander's work has appeared in various scientific venues, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of their research:

  • Computer Physics Communications
  • Faraday Discussions
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
  • Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science 2021

Best Publications

  • A stable linear reference potential algorithm for solution of the quantum close‐coupled equations in molecular scattering theory

    Millard H. Alexander;David E. Manolopoulos

  • Rotationally inelastic collisions between a diatomic molecule in a2Π electronic state and a structureless target

    Millard H. Alexander

  • Quantum treatment of rotationally inelastic collisions involving molecules in II electronic states: New derivation of the coupling potential

    Millard H. Alexander

  • An investigation of the F+H2 reaction based on a full ab initio description of the open-shell character of the F(2P) atom

    Millard H. Alexander;David E. Manolopoulos;Hans-Joachim Werner

  • Adiabatic and diabatic potential energy surfaces for collisions of CN(X 2Σ+, A 2Π) with He

    Hans‐Joachim Werner;Bernd Follmeg;Millard H. Alexander

  • A nomenclature for Λ‐doublet levels in rotating linear molecules

    M. H. Alexander;P. Andresen;R. Bacis;R. Bersohn

  • BASECOL2012: A collisional database repository and web service within the Virtual Atomic and Molecular Data Centre (VAMDC)

    Marie-Lise Dubernet;M.H. Alexander;Y.A. Ba;N. Balakrishnan

  • Dipolar model for collisional energy transfer between dark and radiating excited electronic states: CaO(A′ 1Π, a 3Π) +N2O ⇄ CaO(A 1Σ+)+N2O

    Millard H. Alexander

  • Theoretical study of the validity of the Born-Oppenheimer approximation in the Cl + H2 --> HCl + H reaction.

    Millard H. Alexander;Gabriella Capecchi;Hans-Joachim Werner

  • Spin–orbit effects in the reaction of F(2P) with H2

    Millard H. Alexander;Hans-Joachim Werner;David E. Manolopoulos

  • Breakdown of the Born-Oppenheimer approximation in the F+ o-D2 -> DF + D reaction.

    Li Che;Zefeng Ren;Xingan Wang;Wenrui Dong

  • Clarification of the electronic asymmetry in Π‐state Λ doublets with some implications for molecular collisions

    Millard H. Alexander;Paul J. Dagdigian

  • Global geometry optimization of (Ar)n and B(Ar)n clusters using a modified genetic algorithm

    Susan K. Gregurick;Millard H. Alexander;Bernd Hartke

  • Quantum scattering studies of electronically inelastic collisions of CN (X 2Σ+, A 2Π) with He

    Hans‐Joachim Werner;Bernd Follmeg;Millard H. Alexander;Didier Lemoine

  • The inelastic scattering of 2Π [case (b)] molecules and an understanding of the differing Λ doublet propensities for molecules of π vs π3 orbital occupancy

    Paul J. Dagdigian;Millard H. Alexander;Kopin Liu

  • A new, fully ab initio investigation of the NO(X 2Π)Ar system. I. Potential energy surfaces and inelastic scattering

    Millard H. Alexander

  • Symmetry considerations in the quantum treatment of collisions between two diatomic molecules

    Millard H. Alexander;Andrew E. DePristo

  • Collision induced transitions between 2Π and 2Σ states of diatomic molecules: Quantum theory and collisional propensity rules

    Millard H. Alexander;Gregory C. Corey

  • Differential and integral cross sections for the inelastic scattering of NO (X 2Π) by Ar based on a new ab initio potential energy surface

    Millard H. Alexander

  • Spin–orbit branching in the photofragmentation of HCl

    Millard H. Alexander;Brigitte Pouilly;Thierry Duhoo

  • Rotationally inelastic collisions between a diatomic molecule in a 2Σ+ electronic state and a structureless target

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Frequent Co-Authors

Paul J. Dagdigian
Paul J. Dagdigian Johns Hopkins University
Hans-Joachim Werner
Hans-Joachim Werner University of Stuttgart
Andrew E. DePristo
Andrew E. DePristo Iowa State University
David E. Manolopoulos
David E. Manolopoulos University of Oxford
Hua Guo
Hua Guo University of New Mexico
Daniel M. Neumark
Daniel M. Neumark University of California, Berkeley
Ad van der Avoird
Ad van der Avoird Radboud University
Dong H. Zhang
Dong H. Zhang Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
Xueming Yang
Xueming Yang Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
Marsha I. Lester
Marsha I. Lester University of Pennsylvania

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