Abstract

We present the simulations and analysis of the two-color ZEKE spectra of naphthalene, performed with the help of quantum chemical calculations of molecular parameters followed by the modelling of vibronic intensities. Ab initio and semi-empirical calculations were carried out to obtain molecular structures of neutral and ionic naphthalene, and vibronic perturbations that couple the electronic states. It is shown that the intensities, simulated with a model based on the perturbative expansion of vibronic states, nicely reproduce the observed spectra and contribute to reassign some of the ground state frequencies of naphthalene cation.