Physics
Scientific paper
Jun 2006
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006jachs.128.8777g&link_type=abstract
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2006, 128 (27), pp 8777-8789
Physics
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Scientific paper
Rotationally inelastic scattering of rare gas atoms and oriented NO molecules exhibits a remarkable alternation in the sign of steric asymmetry between even and odd changes in rotational quantum number. This effect has also been found in full quantum-mechanical scattering calculations. However, until now no physical picture has been given for the alternation. In this work, a newly developed quasi-quantum treatment (QQT) provides the first demonstration that quantum interferences between different orientations of the repulsive potential (that are present in the oriented wave function) are the source of this alternation. Further, from application of the treatment to collisions of nonoriented molecules, a previously unrecognized propensity rule is derived. The angular dependence of the cross sections for excitation to neighboring rotational states with the same parity is shown to be similar, except for a prefactor. Experimental results are presented to support this rule. Unlike conventional quantum-mechanical (or semiclassical) treatments, QQT requires no summation over the orbital angular momentum quantum number l or integration over the impact parameter b. This eliminates the need to solve large sets of coupled differential equations that couple l and rotational state channels among which interference can occur. The QQT provides a physical interpretation of the scattering amplitude that can be represented by a Legendre moment. Application of the QQT on a simple hard-shell potential leads to near-quantitative agreement with experimental observations.
Gijsbertsen Arjan
Linnartz Harold
Stolte Steven
Taatjes Craig A.
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