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56
Citations
10068
World Ranking
11751
National Ranking
3161

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1986 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his contribution to an experimental understanding of the dynamics of rotationally inelastic collisions and of the origin of spinorbit effects in chemical reactions
  • 1976 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Paul J. Dagdigian is a researcher affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their work spans the fields of Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy, and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with main research topics including Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Spectroscopy and Laser Applications, Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure, Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, Advanced Chemical Physics Studies, Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols, and Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates.

Their publications have frequently appeared in a range of scientific journals. Key venues for their work include:

  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Computer Physics Communications

Paul J. Dagdigian has collaborated regularly with multiple coauthors. Notable frequent collaborators include:

  • François Lique
  • Jacek Kłos
  • Alexandre Faure
  • Jérôme Loreau
  • P. Pirlot Jankowiak

Recent research papers authored or coauthored by Paul J. Dagdigian cover topics related to molecular interactions and scattering calculations. Some of the recent papers include:

  • "BASECOL2023 scientific content," 2023, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • "Hibridon: A program suite for time-independent non-reactive quantum scattering calculations," 2023, Computer Physics Communications
  • "Interaction of the H2S molecule with molecular hydrogen: Ab initio potential energy surface and scattering calculations," 2020, The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • "Collisional excitation of H2S by molecular hydrogen," 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • "Hunting for hot corinos and WCCC sources in the OMC-2/3 filament," 2020, Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)

Their research integrates spectroscopy, atmospheric science, and molecular physics to explore chemical interactions and energy transfer processes relevant to both atmospheric and astronomical phenomena.

Paul J. Dagdigian has been recognized with distinctions such as:

  • Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), 1986, for contributions to understanding rotationally inelastic collisions and spin-orbit effects in chemical reactions
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1976

Best Publications

  • Tunable Laser Fluorescence Method for Product State Analysis

    Richard N. Zare;Paul J. Dagdigian

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

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

  • Crossed-beam reactions of barium with hydrogen halides. Measurement of internal state distributions by laser-induced fluorescence

    H. W. Cruse;P. J. Dagdigian;R. N. Zare

  • Radiative lifetimes of the alkaline earth monohalides

    Paul J. Dagdigian;Howard W. Cruse;Richard N. Zare

  • Laser fluorescence study of AlO formed in the reaction Al + O2: Product state distribution, dissociation energy, and radiative lifetime

    P. J. Dagdigian;H. W. Cruse;R. N. Zare

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

    Millard H. Alexander;Paul J. Dagdigian

  • 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

  • Spin-orbit effects in gas-phase chemical reactions

    Paul J. Dagdigian;Mark L. Campbell

  • Product state analysis of BaO from the reactions Ba + CO2 and Ba + O2

    P. J. Dagdigian;H. W. Cruse;A. Schultz;R. N. Zare

  • Propensity rules in rotationally inelastic collisions of diatomic molecules in 3Σ electronic states

    Millard H. Alexander;Paul J. Dagdigian

  • Collision‐induced transitions between molecular hyperfine levels: Quantum formalism, propensity rules, and experimental study of CaBr(X 2Σ+)+Ar

    Millard H. Alexander;Paul J. Dagdigian

  • State‐to‐state collisional interelectronic and intraelectronic energy transfer involving CN A 2Π v=3 and X 2Σ+ v=7 rotational levels

    Guo Jihua;Ashraf Ali;Paul J. Dagdigian

  • Determination of the absolute chemiluminescence cross section and photon yield for the Ca(4s4p 3P) + N2O reaction

    Paul J. Dagdigian

  • Product State Distributions and Angular Differential Cross Sections from Photoinitiated Reactions of Chlorine Atoms with Small Hydrocarbons

    David F. Varley;Paul J. Dagdigian

  • Nitramine propellant ignition and combustion research

    M H. Alexander;P J. Dagdigian;Marilyn E. Jacox;C E. Kolb

  • State‐resolved study of collisional energy transfer between A 2Π v=7 and X 2Σ+ v=11 rotational levels of CN

    Nick Furio;Ashraf Ali;Paul J. Dagdigian

  • STATE-RESOLVED COLLISION-INDUCED ELECTRONIC TRANSITIONS

    Paul J. Dagdigian

  • Quantum interpretation of fully state‐selected rotationally inelastic collision experiments

    Millard H. Alexander;Paul J. Dagdigian;Andrew E. DePristo

  • Energetics and spin‐ and Λ‐doublet selectivity in the infrared multiphoton dissociation HN3(X̃ 1A’)→N2(X 1Σ+g)+NH(X 3Σ−,a 1Δ): Theory

    Millard H. Alexander;Hans‐Joachim Werner;Paul J. Dagdigian

  • Spin–orbit branching in the photofragmentation of HCl at long wavelength

    H. Mark Lambert;Paul J. Dagdigian;Millard H. Alexander

Frequent Co-Authors

Millard H. Alexander
Millard H. Alexander University of Maryland, College Park
Richard N. Zare
Richard N. Zare Stanford University
Ad van der Avoird
Ad van der Avoird Radboud University
David R. Yarkony
David R. Yarkony Johns Hopkins University
Hans-Joachim Werner
Hans-Joachim Werner University of Stuttgart
Andrew J. Orr-Ewing
Andrew J. Orr-Ewing University of Bristol
David J. Nesbitt
David J. Nesbitt University of Colorado Boulder
Jim J. Lin
Jim J. Lin National Taiwan University
Gerard Meijer
Gerard Meijer Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Cecilia Ceccarelli
Cecilia Ceccarelli Grenoble Alpes University

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