Chemical pathways in ultracold reactions of SrF molecules

Details Chemical pathways in ultracold reactions of SrF molecules Chemical pathways in ultracold reactions of SrF molecules

2011-01-24

arxiv.org/abs/1101.4671v1

Physics

Atomic Physics

Two column format, 7 pages, 3 figures. Submitted to PRA

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We present a theoretical investigation of the chemical reaction SrF + SrF $\rightarrow$ products, focusing on reactions at ultralow temperatures. We find that bond swapping, SrF + SrF $\rightarrow$ Sr$_2$ + F$_2$, is energetically forbidden at these temperatures. Rather, the only energetically allowed reaction is SrF + SrF $\rightarrow$ SrF$_2$ + Sr, and even then only singlet states of the SrF$_2$ trimer can form. A calculation along a reduced reaction path demonstrates that this abstraction reaction is barrierless, and proceeds by one SrF molecule "handing off" a fluorine atom to the other molecule.

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