Kyle Bittinger

Research summary

High resolution electronic spectroscopy of small molecules. Intersystem crossing and singlet-triplet mixing in acetylene, C₂H₂. Collisional population of metastable molecules using two-photon excitation of atoms.

• Thesis repository, on GitHub.
• Local software repository, using darcsweb.

Publication List

• Wilton L. Virgo, Kyle L. Bittinger, Adam H. Steeves, and Robert W. Field. Contrasting Singlet-Triplet Dynamical Behavior of Two Vibrational Levels of the Acetylene S1 2¹3¹B² Polyad. J. Phys. Chem. A, 111, 12534 (2007). [link]
• Keerti Gulati, Elizabeth J. Longley, Michael J. Dorko, Kyle L. Bittinger, and P. E. Siska. Angle-energy distributions of Penning ions in crossed molecular beams. IV. He*(2¹S, 2³S) + H₂ → He + H₂⁺ + e^-. J. Chem. Phys. 120, 8485 (2004). [link]

Extracurricular interests

• Journal, on Project Bloodteam
• Member of The Shrinking Islands (Myspace)
• Member of The Concord Ballet Orchestra Players (Myspace)
• Former DJ on the Breakfast of Champions and live engineer on Pipeline, WMBR 88.1FM Cambridge

Figure: The simultaneously recorded Surface Electron Ejection by Laser-Excited Metastables (SEELEM) and Laser-Induced Fluorescence (LIF) spectrum of the 3³4¹ K'=1 sublevel of S₁ acetylene.