Ghosh A.Reddy S.R.Mahapatra S.2020-01-312024-08-132020-01-312024-08-13201921960610.1063/1.5108726http://10.2.3.109/handle/32116/2523In continuation with Paper I [S. R. Reddy et al., J. Chem. Phys. 151, 054303 (2019)], the vibronic structure and dynamics of the 1?u+ electronic state of C15, C17, C19, and C21 chains in the coupled manifold of 1?u+-1?g-1?u- 1?g+ electronic states have been investigated in this paper. The model vibronic Hamiltonian developed through extensive ab initio quantum chemistry calculations in Paper I is employed, and first principles nuclear dynamics calculations are carried out to obtain the photoabsorption band of the 1?u+ electronic state. Both time-independent and time-dependent quantum mechanical calculations are carried out to precisely locate the vibrational levels, assign them with the progression of vibrational modes, and elucidate the impact of both Renner-Teller and pseudo-Renner-Teller couplings on them. The nonradiative decay of the 1?u+ electronic state is studied, and it is found that the decay rate is comparable with the prediction made for them to be qualified as a carrier of diffuse interstellar bands in the literature. The theoretical results are found to be in good accord with the available experimental results.enArticlehttps://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.5108726