George B. Bacskay

The University of Sydney — Australia

Physics and Astronomy · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Advanced Chemical Physics Studies(116), Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure(38), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies(27), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate(24), Spectroscopy and Laser Applications(21)

Publications171 total

The Electronic Structure and Bonding in Some Small Molecules
Molecules·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Fifty-five years of quantum chemistry
Advances in quantum chemistry·2025
Active Thermochemical Tables: Enthalpies of Formation of Bromo- and Iodo-Methanes, Ethenes and Ethynes
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A·2023· 8 citedOpen Access
Orbital contraction and covalent bonding
The Journal of Chemical Physics·2022· 17 cited
The Basics of Covalent Bonding in Terms of Energy and Dynamics
Molecules·2020· 52 citedOpen Access
The Virial Theorem and Covalent Bonding
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A·2018· 59 citedOpen Access
Covalent Bonding in the Hydrogen Molecule
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A·2017· 20 cited
The <i>e</i>Πg3 state of C2: A pathway to dissociation
The Journal of Chemical Physics·2017· 17 cited
First observation of the 3Πg3 state of C2: Born-Oppenheimer breakdown
The Journal of Chemical Physics·2017· 17 cited
The ionization energy of C2
The Journal of Chemical Physics·2016· 14 citedOpen Access
Resonance-Enhanced 2-Photon Ionization Scheme for C<sub>2</sub> through a Newly Identified Band System: 4<sup>3</sup>Π<sub><i>g</i></sub>–<i>a</i><sup>3</sup>Π<sub><i>u</i></sub>
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A·2015· 24 cited
Spectroscopy and heats of formation of CXI (X = Br, Cl, F) iodocarbenes: quantum chemical characterisation of the <i>X</i>(<sup>1</sup> <i>A</i>′), <i>ã</i>(<sup>3</sup> <i>A</i>″) and <i>Ã</i>(<sup>1</sup> <i>A</i>″) states
Molecular Physics·2015· 8 cited
NMR resonance splitting of urea in stretched hydrogels: Proton exchange and 1 H/ 2 H isotopologues
Journal of Magnetic Resonance·2014· 6 cited
Quantum chemical characterization of the $$\tilde{X}(^{1}A_{1}),\tilde{a}(^{3}B_{1}),\tilde{A}(^{1}B_{1})\; \mathrm{and}\;\tilde{B}(2^{1}A_{1})$$ states of diiodomethylene and the enthalpies of formation of diiodomethylene, iodomethylene and iodomethylidyne
Highlights in theoretical chemistry·2014
Quantum chemical characterization of the $${\tilde{X}}(^{1} A_{1} )$$ X ~ ( 1 A 1 ) , $${\tilde{a}}(^{3} B_{1} )$$ a ~ ( 3 B 1 ) , $${\tilde{A}}(^{1} B_{1} )$$ A ~ ( 1 B 1 ) and $${\tilde{B}}(2{}^{1}A_{1} )$$ B ~ ( 2 1 A 1 ) states of diiodomethylene and the enthalpies of formation of diiodomethylene, iodomethylene and iodomethylidyne
Theoretical Chemistry Accounts·2014· 7 cited
Excitation Spectra of Large Jet-Cooled Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Radicals: 9-Anthracenylmethyl (C<sub>15</sub>H<sub>11</sub>) and 1-Pyrenylmethyl (C<sub>17</sub>H<sub>11</sub>)
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A·2013· 10 cited
Covalent Bonding: The Fundamental Role of the Kinetic Energy
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A·2013· 56 cited
JET-COOLED EXCITATION SPECTRA OF LARGE BENZANNULATED BENZYL RADICALS: 9-ANTHRACENYLMETHYL (C$_{15}$H$_{11}$) and 1-PYRENYLMETHYL (C$_{17}$H$_{11}$)
The Knowledge Bank (The Ohio State University)·2013
New Line Lists Including Intensities for the {C_2} Swan System (d^3Π{_g}-a^3Π{_u}), {C_2} Singlet Systems and Rovibrational Transitions Within the NH X^3Σ{^-} Ground State.
mss·2013
Line strengths and updated molecular constants for the C2 Swan system
Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer·2013· 150 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Noel S. Hush(23), John C. Mackie(8), Jill E. Gready(4), Peter R. Taylor(4), Jeffrey R. Reimers(4), J. Simon Craw(4), Sture Nordholm(4), Timothy W. Schmidt(3), A. C. Hurley(3), Adrian T. Wong(3), Peter L. Cummins(3), Muhamad Abdulkadir Martoprawiro(3), Naomi L. Haworth(3), Karina Sendt(2), David J. Swanton(2), Alistair P. Rendell(2), Kausala Mylvaganam(2), Warwick A. Shapley(2), J. S. A. Brooke(1), P. F. Bernath(1)