Reactive resonances rotating linear model

Reactive Resonances and Angular Distributions in the Rotating Linear Model... 

In this paper, we will present a detailed analysis of the way In which resonances may affect the angular distribution of the products of reactive collisions. To do this, we have used an approximate three-dimensional (3D) quantum theory of reactive scattering (the Bending-Corrected Rotating Linear Model, or BCRLM) to generate the detailed scattering Information (S matrices) needed to compute the angular distribution of reaction products. We also employ a variety of tools, notably lifetime matrix analysis, to characterize the Importance of a resonance mechanism to the dynamics of reactions. 

Coupled channel methods for colllnear quantum reactive calculations are sufficiently well developed that calculations can be performed routinely. Unfortunately, colllnear calculations cannot provide any Insight Into the angular distribution of reaction products, because the Impact parameter dependence of reaction probabilities Is undefined. On the other hand, the best approximate 3D methods for atom-molecule reactions are computationally very Intensive, and for this reason. It Is Impractical to use most 3D approximate methods to make a systematic study of the effects of potential surfaces on resonances, and therefore the effects of surfaces on reactive angular distributions. For this reason, we have become Interested In an approximate model of reaction dynamics which was proposed many years ago by Child (24), Connor and Child (25), and Wyatt (26). They proposed the Rotating Linear Model (RLM), which Is In some sense a 3D theory of reactions, because the line upon which reaction occurs Is allowed to tumble freely In space. A full three-dimensional theory would treat motion of the six coordinates (In the center of mass) associated with the two... 

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