A. PERSONAL DATA | |
Name: | Robert J. Le Roy |
Address: | 534 Rheinland Place Waterloo, ON N2V 2M9 |
Date of birth: | September 30, 1943 |
Citizenship: | Canadian |
Family Status: | Married; four children |
Education: | B.Sc. University of Toronto, 1965, Mathematics and Chemistry M.Sc. University of Toronto, 1967, Chemistry Ph.D. University of Wisconsin‑Madison, 1971, Chemistry |
Academic Appointments: | |
1971 - 1972 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physics, University of Toronto |
1972 - 1976 | Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo |
1976 - 1982 | Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo |
1982 - 1985 | Director, Guelph‑Waterloo Centre for Graduate Work in Chemistry, University of Waterloo |
1982 - present | Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo |
1996-1999 | Associate Dean of Science for Computing, University of Waterloo |
Scholarships and Awards: | |
1971 - 1972 | National Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Fellowship, held in the Physics Department, University of Toronto |
1974 - 1976 | Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship |
1976 | Science Research Council (U.K.) Senior Visiting Fellowship (Sept./Dec.) |
1976 | Royal Society‑Nuffield Foundation Travel Bursary (for travel to Oxford) (Sept./Dec.) |
1979 - 1980 | John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship |
April 1982 | Professeur Invité, Université de Paris-Sud, d'Orsay, Laboratoire Spectroscopie de Translation |
1984 | Rutherford Memorial Medal in Chemistry, from the Royal Society of Canada |
1995 | Fraser W. Birss Memorial Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta |
1995 | J. Heyrovský Honorary Medal for Merit in the Chemical Sciences awarded by the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic |
Other Recognition and/or Service | |
1980 - 81 | Vice Chairman of the Division of Atomic and Molecular Physics of the Canadian Association of Physicists |
1981 - 82 | Chairman of the Division of Atomic and Molecular Physics of the Canadian Association of Physicists |
1982 - 90 | Member, Editorial Advisory Board of Chemical Physics Letters |
1990 | Technical Advisory Subcommittee of the Interuniversity Supercomputer Advisory Board for the Ontario Centre for Large Scale Computing |
1982 - present | Director, (GWC)2/University of Waterloo Theoretical Chemistry Computing Facility |
1989 - present | Director, University of Waterloo Faculty of Science Computing Facility |
1984-present | Lead organizer of the annual Symposium on Chemical Physics at the University of Waterloo |
1993-1996 | Member, International Advisory Committee of the Ohio State University International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy |
1994-1996 | Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Chemical Physics |
2001-2003 | Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Chemical Physics |
B. RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP | |
PUBLICATIONS | |
114. | Direct-Potential-Fit Determination of Potential Energy and Born-Oppenheimer Breakdown Correction Functions for the B 1Pu “Barrier” State of Li2 Y. Huang and R.J. Le Roy (2003, in preparation). |
113. | Fourier Transform Spectroscopy of Chemiluminescence from the A¢ 1P - X 1S+ System of SrO R.H. Skelton, H. Li, C.D. Boone, R.J. Le Roy and P.F. Bernath Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy (2003, in press). |
112. | 1 Potential, 2 Potential, 3 Potential – 4: Untangling the UV Photodissociation Spectra of HI and DI |
111. | Born-Oppenheimer Breakdown in a Combined-Isotopomer Analysis of the A 1Σu+- X 1Σg+ System of Li2 |
110. | Collisional Broadening and Shifting of Raman Lines, and the Potential Energy Surface for H2-Ar |
109. | Representing Born-Oppenheimer Breakdown Radial Correction Functions for Diatomic Molecules |
108. | Fourier Transform Spectroscopy of the A¢ 1P - X 1S+ System of CaO |
107. | Direct Potential Fit Analysis of the X 1Sg+ State of Rbx2: Nothing Else Will Do |
106. | Fourier Transform Spectroscopy of BaO: New Ground-State Constants from the A 1S+-X 1S+ Chemiluminescence |
105. | Dipole Moment Surfaces and the Mid- and Far-IR Spectra of N2-Ar |
104. | A “Modified Lennard-Jones Oscillator: Model for Diatom Potential Functions |
103. | Molecular Constants and RKR Potential Curve for the Na2 1 3Sg+ State |
102 | Interpreting Vibrationally Resolved Spectra of Molecular Dications (Doubly Positively Charged Molecules): HCl+2 |
101. | Vibration-Rotation Emission Spectra and Combined Isotopomer Analyses for the Coinage Metal Hydrides: CuH & CuD, AgH & AgD, and AuH & AuD |
100. | FTIR Emission Spectra and Molecular Constants for DCl |
99. | FTIR Emission Spectra, Molecular Constants and Potential Curve of Ground-State GeO |
98. | Improved Parameterization for Diatom Born-Oppenheimer Breakdown Effects, and a New Combined-isotopes Analysis for HF and DF |
97. | Where is the Intensity Maximum in a Pure Rotational Spectrum? |
96. | Uncertainty, Sensitivity, Convergence and Rounding in Performing and Reporting Least-Squares Fits |
95. | How Do Quantum Effects Change Conclusions About Heterogeneous Cluster Behavious Based on Classical Mechanics Simulations? |
94. | Linewidths and Shifts of Very Low Temperature CO in He: A Challenge for Theory or Experiment? |
93. | A Reliable New Potential Energy Surface for H2-Ar |
92. | Use of Simulated Infrared Spectra to Test N2-Ar Pair Potentials and Dipole Moment Surfaces. |
91. | Comprehensive Analysis of the A-X Spectrum of I2: An Application of Near-Dissociation Theory. |
90. | Determination of the Long-Range Potential and Dissociation Energy of the 1 3Dg State of Na2. |
89. | Einstein A-Coefficients for Vib-Rotational Transitions in CS. |
88. | Near-Dissociation Expansions and Dissociation Energies for Mg+-(Rare Gas) Bimers. |
87. | Improved Modelling of Atom-Molecule Potential Energy Surfaces: Illustrative Application to He-CO |
86. | High Resolution Visible Spectrum for the A3P(1)-X1S+ System of IBr. |
85. | Infrared Spectrum and Potential Energy Surface of He-CO. |
84. | An Efficient New Method for Calculating Eigenvalues and Spectra of Van der Waals Complexes. |
83. | Effect of Three-Body Forces on the Statics and Dynamics of SF6-(Rg)n and (Rg)13 Clusters. |
82. | Determining Repulsive Potentials of InAr from Oscillatory Bound 6 Continuum Emission. |
81. | Calculated Rovibrational Energy Levels and Infrared Spectrum of He-C2H2. |
80. | Jet Emission Specta of CdI and HgI and Near-Dissociation Theory Analyses for CdI and ZnI. |
79. | Angle and Bond-Length Dependent C6 Coefficients for H2 Interacting with H, Li, Be and Rare Gas Atoms. |
78. | Molecular Constants Describing the B(3POu+)-X(1S+g) Transitions of 127, 129I and 129, 129I2. |
77. | Pulling, Packing and Stacking: Structural Proclivities of SF6 - (Rare Gas)n Van der Waals Clusters. |
76. | Infrared Signatures for Isomerization and Melting in Inhomogeneous Van der Waals Clusters. |
75. | Direct Determination of Long-Range Inverse-Power Potential Coefficients from Spectroscopic Data. |
74. | Rate Proportioned to (Frequency Shift)2 and Other "All-Else-Being-Equal" Correlations in Vibrational Predissociation. |
73. | Structures, Phase Transitions and Other Dynamical Processes in Inhomogeneous Van der Waals Clusters |
72. | Spectra, Phase Transitions and "Dynamical Isomerizations" of Mixed Van der Waals Cluster |
71. | Accurate Thermodynamics Properties of the Six Isotopomers of Molecular Hydrogen. |
70. | BOUND 6 CONTINUUM INTENSITIES: A Computer Program for Calculating Absorption Coefficients, Emission Intensities or (Golden Rule) Predissociation Rates. |
69. | Two- vs. Three-Dimensional Melting and Spontaneous Reversing Isomerization in Isolated SF6-(Ar)n Van der Waals Clusters. |
68. | An Inversion Procedure for Oscillatory Continuum Spectra: Methods and Application to NaK. |
67. | Monte-Carlo Simulation of Structural Properties and Infrared Spectra of SF6-(Ar)n Clusters. |
66. | Spectra, Structure and Dynamics of SF-(Ar)n Clusters |
65. | Non-Adiabatic Eigenvalues and Adiabatic Matrix Elements for All Isotopes of Diatomic Hydrogen. |
64. | Improved Potential Energy Surfaces for the Interaction of Molecular Hydrogen with Ar, Kr and Xe. |
63. | Spectroscopic Observation of Phase Coexistence in SF6-Arn Clusters for n = 10-20. |
62. | Asymptotic Potential Coefficients for Rare Gas and Alkali Atoms and Simple Molecules Interacting with Metallic Surfaces. |
61. | Ultraviolet Photolysis and Internal Dynamics of Cl2 in an Argon Matrix at 4.2K. |
60. | The Secular Equation/Perturbation Theory Method for Calculating Spectra of Van der Waals Complexes. |
59. | Near-Dissociation Expansion Representation of Large Spectroscopic Data Sets: The B(3POu+)-X(1Sg+) System of I2. |
58. | A Theoretical Investigation of the Diatomic Di-Cation CO+2. |
57. | Orbiting Resonance Model for Recombination of Physisorbed Atoms. |
56. | A Two-Isotope Higher-Order RKR-Type Inversion Procedure. |
55. | Vibrational Predissociation of Small Van der Waals Molecules |
54. | Level Energies and Infrared Radiative Lifetime of the Muonic Molecule Hem+. |
53. | A Theoretical Investigation of the CH+2 Di-Cation. R.W. Wetmore, R.K. Boyd and R.J. Le Roy Chemical Physics 89, 329-336 (1984). |
52. | Functional Form for Representing All Vibrational Eigenenergies of a Diatomic Molecule State. IV. Application to the Br2 B(3POu+) State. |
51. | Determining the Anisotropic Interaction Potential of D2-Ar from Rotationally Inelastic Cross Sections. |
50. | Reliability of High-Order Phase-Integral Eigenvalues for Single and Double Minimum Potentials. |
49. | Re-Examination of the I2 Spectrum Near the B(3POu+) State Dissociation Limit. |
48. | Vibrational Predissociation of H2-, D2- and HD-Ar Van der Waals Complexes. |
47. | An RKR-Like Inversion Procedure for Bound-Continuum Transition Intensities. |
46. | Predissociation of HD-Ar Van der Waals Molecules by Internal Rotation. J.M. Hutson and R.J. Le Roy Journal of Chemical Physics 78, 4040-4043 (1983). |
45. | Efficient Calculation of High-Order Semiclassical Scattering Phase Shifts. P. Pajunen and R.J. Le Roy Journal of Chemical Physics 77, 3527-3532 (1982). |
44. | Predissociation of Weak-Anisotropy Van der Waals Molecules: Theory, Approximations and Practical Predictions Faraday Discussions of the Chemical Society 73, 339-355 (1982) R.J. Le Roy, G.C. Corey and J.M. Hutson. |
43. | An Improved Method of Representing and Extrapolating Diatomic Molecule Rotational Constants. J.W. Tromp and R.J. Le Roy Canadian Journal of Physics 60, 26-34 (1982). |
42. | Energy-Partitioning Tunnelling Model and Prediction of "Low" A-Factors for Intramolecular Hydrogen Transfer Reactions. R.J. Le Roy Journal of Physical Chemistry 84, 3508-3516 (1980). |
41. | Theory of Deviations from the Limiting Near-Dissociation Behaviour of Diatomic Molecules. R.J. Le Roy Journal of Chemical Physics 73, 6003-6012 (1980). |
40. | Near-Dissociation Expansions in the Spectroscopic Determination of Diatom Dissociation Energies. Method and Application to BeAr+ R.J. Le Roy and W.-H. Lam Chemical Physics Letters 71, 544-548 (1980). |
39. | Tunnelling Model for Hydrogen Abstraction Reactions in Low Temperature Solids. Applications to Reactions in Alcohol Glasses and Acetonitrile Crystals. R.J. Le Roy, H. Murai and F. Williams Journal of American Chemical Society 102, 2325-2334 (1980). |
38. | Applications of Bohr Quantization in Diatomic Molecule Chapter 3, pp. 109-126 of Semiclassical Methods in Molecular Scattering and Spectroscopy (D. Reidel Publ. Co., Dordrecht, edited by M.S. Child, 1980) R.J. Le Roy. |
37. | Spectroscopy and Potential Energy Surfaces of Van der Waals Molecules pp. 353-420 of Potential Energy Surfaces (Adv. Chem. Phys. 42, Wiley‑Interscience, K.P. Lawley, Editor, 1980) R.J. Le Roy and J.S. Carley. |
36. | Comment Regarding Potential Functions, Level Spacings and Thermodynamic Properties of Van der Waals Molecules. |
35. | Evaluation of Higher-Order JWKB Phase Integrals. |
34. | Widths (Lifetimes) and Energies for Metastable Levels of Atom-Diatom Complexes. |
33. | Energies and Widths of Quasibound Levels (Orbiting Resonances) for Spherical Potentials. |
32. | On Calculating Phase Shifts and Performing Fits to Scattering Cross Sections or Transport Properties. |
31 | Effect of Asymmetric Isotopic Substitution on Atom-Diatom Potentials. |
30. | On the Application, Breakdown and Near-Dissociation Behaviour of the Higher-Order JWKB Quantization Condition. S.M. Kirschner and R.J. Le Roy Journal of Chemical Physics 68, 3139-3148 (1978). |
29. | Determining Anisotropic Intermolecular Potentials for Van der Waals Molecules |
28. | Radial Matrix Elements and Dipole Moment Function for the Ground State of CO. |
27. | Diatom Potential Curves and Transition Moment Functions from Continuum Absorption Coefficients: Br2 |
26. | Determining Potential Energy Constants for Atom- and Molecule-Surface Interactions. R.J. Le Roy Surface Science 59, 541-553 (1976). |
25. | Ground State D2 Dissociation Energy from the Near-Dissociation Behaviour of Rotational Level Spacings. |
24. | Periodicity of the Oscillatory J-Dependence of Diatomic Molecular Franck-Condon Factors. |
23. | Intermolecular Potentials and Isotope Effects for Molecular Hydrogen-Inert Gas Complexes. |
22. | Energy Levels of a Diatomic Near Dissociation |
21. | Anisotropic Intermolecular Potentials from an Analysis of Spectra of H2- and D2-Inert Gas Complexes. |
20. | On the Dissociation Energy and Interaction Potential of Ground-State Ne2. |
19. | Comment on the UV Resonance Spectrum and Ground-State Dissociation Energy of I2. |
18. | Long-Range Potential Coefficients from RKR Turning Points: C6 and C8 for B(3POu+)-State Cl2, Br2 and I2. |
17. | Improved Spectroscopic Data Synthesis for I2(B 3POu+) and Predictions of J-Dependence for B(3JOu+)-X(1Sg+) Transition Intensities. |
16. | Energy Levels of a Diatomic Near Dissociation |
15. | Improved Spectroscopic Dissociation Energy for Ground-State Ar2. |
14. | Dependence of the Diatomic Rotational Constant Bv on the Long-Range Internuclear Potential. |
13. | Quantum Mechanical Tunnelling in Hydrogen Atom Abstraction from Solid Acetonitrile at 77-87K. |
12. | Analysis of the Long-Range Internuclear Potentials of B(3POu+)-State Br2 and Cl2. |
11. | Eigenvalues and Certain Expectation Values for All Bound and Quasibound Levels of Ground-State (X 1Sg+) H2, HD and D2. |
10. | Shape Resonances and Rotationally Predissociating Levels: The Atomic Collision Time-Delay Functions and Quasibound Level Properties of H2(X 1Sg+). |
9. | Dissociation Energies and Long-Range Potentials of Diatomic Molecules from Vibrational Spacings: The Halogens. |
8. | Permeability of One-Dimensional Potential Barriers. |
7. | Dissociation Energy and Long-Range Potential of Diatomic Molecules from Vibrational Spacings of Higher Levels. |
6. | Recombination of Iodine Atoms in Dilute Solutions of Argon. |
5. | Dissociation Energies of Diatomic Molecules from Vibrational Spacings of Higher Levels: Application to the Halogens. |
4. | Molecular Constants and Internuclear Potential of Ground-state Molecular Iodine. |
3. | Spectroscopic Reassignment and Ground-State Dissociation Energy of Molecular Iodine. R.J. Le Roy Journal of Chemical Physics 52, 2678-2682 (1970). |
2. | Dissociation Energy and Vibrational Terms of Ground-State (X 1Sg+) Hydrogen. |
1. | A Method for Testing and Improving Molecular Constants of Diatomic Molecules with Special Reference to Br2(X 1Sg+). |
Cited Technical Reports and Distributed Computer Programs | |
DSParFit 2.0: | A Computer Program for Fitting Multi-Isotopomer Diatomic Molecule Spectra |
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LEVEL 7.4: | A Computer Program for Solving the Radial Schrödinger Equation for Bound and Quasibound Levels. R.J. Le Roy University of Waterloo Chemical Physics Research Report CP-642R3 (2001). |
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BCONT 2.0: | A Computer Program for Calculating Bound®Continuum Transition Intensities for Diatomic Molecules |
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RKR1: | A Computer Program Implementing the First-Order RKR Method for Determining Diatom Potential Energy Curves from Spectroscopic Constants. |
Computer Programs for Inversion of Oscillatory Bound‑Continuum Spectra. |
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Eigenvalues and Matrix Elements for All Levels of All Isotopic Forms of Diatomic Hydrogen |