Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Dynamics of gas-phase reactions of muonium

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5617964
Applications of variational-transition-state theory with semiclassical adiabatic transmission coefficients to the reactions of muonium with H/sub 2/, D/sub 2/, F/sub 2/, and Cl/sub 2/ are reviewed. In addition, new calculations are presented for the Mu + Cl/sub 2/ and Br/sub 2/ reactions. The comparison of calculated rate constants and kinetic isotope effects (KIE's) with experiment is used as a test of the validity of semiempirical potential energy surfaces. Furthermore the VTST-plus-tunneling calculations allow an analysis of the KIE's that identifies those features of the potential which control the isotope effects.
Research Organization:
Chemical Dynamics Corp., Upper Marlboro, MD (USA)
OSTI ID:
5617964
Report Number(s):
AD-A-185069/2/XAB
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English