Benjamin J. Whitaker

J Benjamin C Whitaker (born 15 May 1956) is Professor of Chemical Physics in the School of Chemistry at the University of Leeds.^[1]

Whitaker was educated at University College School, London and the University of Sussex (B.Sc. in chemical physics, 1978) where he also completed his doctorate on laser induced emission spectroscopy under the supervision of Professor (D.Phil., 1981). He is mainly known for work in and photofragment-ion imaging. He is also associated with some of the early chemical applications of the web with Henry Rzepa. As of 2021, he is on the executive committee of Scientists for Labour.^[2]

Selected publications[]

Whitaker, Benjamin J (ed.) (2003), Imaging in Molecular Dynamics, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-810590CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)

Tsubouchi, M; Whitaker, BJ; Wang, L; Kohguchi, H; Suzuki, T (2001), "Photoelectron imaging on time-dependent molecular alignment created by a femtosecond laser pulse", Phys. Rev. Lett., 86 (20): 4500–4503, Bibcode:2001PhRvL..86.4500T, doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.4500, PMID 11384268

Hall, G; Whitaker, BJ (1994), "Laser-induced grating spectroscopy", J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans., 90: 1–16, doi:10.1039/FT9949000001

Suits, AG; Bontuyan, LS; Houston, PL; Whitaker, BJ (1992), "Differential cross-sections for state-selected products by direct imaging - Ar+NO", J. Chem. Phys., 96 (11): 8618–8620, Bibcode:1992JChPh..96.8618S, doi:10.1063/1.462265

McCaffery, AJ; Proctor, MJ; Whitaker, BJ (1986), "Rotational energy transfer - polarization and scaling", Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem., 37: 223–244, Bibcode:1986ARPC...37..223M, doi:10.1146/annurev.pc.37.100186.001255

Whitaker, BJ; Brechignac, P (1983), "A new fitting law for rotational energy-transfer", Chem. Phys. Lett., 95 (4–5): 407–412, Bibcode:1983CPL....95..407W, doi:10.1016/0009-2614(83)80583-1

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