When diffraction rules the stereodynamics of rotationally inelastic collisions

Details When diffraction rules the stereodynamics of rotationally inelastic collisions When diffraction rules the stereodynamics of rotationally inelastic collisions

2010-02-08

arxiv.org/abs/1002.1572v2

J. Chem. Phys. 132, 161102 (2010)

Physics

Chemical Physics

4 pages, 3 figures

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.3386530

Following upon our recent work on vector correlations in the Ar-NO collisions [PCCP 12, 1038 (2010)], we compare model results with close-coupling calculations for a range of channels and collision energies for the He-NO system. The striking agreement between the model and exact polarization moments indicates that the stereodynamics of rotationally inelastic atom-molecule collisions at thermal energies is governed by diffraction of matter waves from a two-dimensional repulsive core of the atom-molecule potential. Furthermore, the model polarization moments characterizing the He-NO, He-O$_2$, He-OH, and He-CaH stereodynamics are found to coalesce into a single, distinctive pattern, which can serve as a "fingerprint" to identify diffraction-driven stereodynamics in future work.

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